Seth leverages more than 30 years of experience and deep knowledge of copyright and communications law to advocate for cable industry clients. He has played an instrumental role on behalf of the cable industry with respect to numerous legislative and regulatory matters before Congress, the FCC, the Copyright Office, and state and local governments. Seth also represents his clients in transactional and litigation matters, including US Court of Appeals and Supreme Court cases. He regularly speaks and comments on developments affecting the cable industry and has twice been recognized with a "Top Lawyers" award by Cablefax.
Experienced in both copyright and communications law and in the intersection of the two, Seth has played an active role for more than 30 years in the legislative and regulatory matters affecting the communications industry. In addition to being a written and oral advocate for clients before various federal, state, and local government agencies in rulemaking and adjudicatory proceedings affecting cable television and satellite companies, he has played an instrumental role in the drafting of a wide range of legislative proposals of interest to the cable and satellite industries, including the 1992 Cable Act, the 1996 Telecommunications Act, the DMCA, and the reauthorizations of Satellite Home Viewer Act.
Seth also has written briefs in appellate litigation before both the US Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court. Seth is a frequent speaker at cable industry and bar association events.
Before joining Mintz, Seth was a partner in the communications practice of another international law firm. Prior to this, he served his communications clients’ interests first as a lawyer in private practice and later as Associate General Counsel and then Legislative Counsel to the National Cable and Telecommunications Association. During law school, Seth was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and an editor of the Columbia Law Review.
