
A team of ‘creative thinkers with good business judgment', the practice at Latham & Watkins excels in assisting telecoms, broadcast and satellite companies in rule-making proceedings. The firm regularly appears before the FCC and appellate courts in proceedings concerning "net neutrality" rules and other regulatory changes. With experience across data privacy and IP issues, it also acts on the deployment of new technologies, including AI, 5G wireless networks and automotive connectivity. Matthew Brill manages the Washington DC-based team, specializing in regulatory and appellate proceedings relating to the cable industry. With 'excellent business sense', James Barker is well-versed in wireless communication technologies, with experience in direct broadcast satellite matters. Matthew Murchison advises clients on robocall mitigation proceedings and low-earth-orbit satellite broadband networks. Elizabeth Park supports clients in sub-sea cable compliance issues as well as rule-making proceedings concerning spectrum auctions and allocations. Sarang Damle is an expert in regulatory matters before the US Copyright Office concerning cable, radio and internet media.
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Testimonials
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- 'James Barker has excellent business sense.'
Key clients
- NCTA—the Internet & Television Association
- Comcast Corporation
- Cox Enterprises
- USTelecom
- Spotify
- CTIA
- Tata Communications
- Charter Communications
- National Association of Broadcasters
- Tata Communications
- Viasat, Inc.
- Digital Licensee Coordinator, Inc.
Work highlights
Acting as the lead advocate for the cable industry before the Federal Communications Commission and courts of appeal on the agency’s renewed adoption of “open Internet” or “net neutrality” rules.
Representing the leading associations for the cable, telecom, and wireless industries (i.e., NCTA, USTelecom, and CTIA), together with affiliated state-level organizations, in an appellate challenge seeking to invalidate the FCC’s 2023 Data Breach Order.
Representing Spotify in a lawsuit filed in the Southern District of New York by the Mechanical Licensing Collective in May 2024.
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James Barker

Matthew Murchison
Practice head
Matthew Brill
Other key lawyers
James Barker; Matthew Murchison; Sarange Damle; Elizabeth Park; Alli Stillman
