Matthew A. Brill

Mr. Brill’s experience includes representing:

Litigation

• The television industry in a federal court challenge to the constitutionality of a state law requiring sale of all cable channels and programs on an à la carte basis
• The cable industry association in FCC and appellate proceedings regarding net neutrality rules and in related preemption challenges to state net neutrality laws
• Various parties in Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) litigation in appellate and trial courts (including several prominent victories defeating class certification and favorably construing key statutory provisions)
• The cable industry in D.C. Circuit appeal of FCC rules governing findings of effective competition in the video marketplace
• Cable operators in successfully defeating several federal class actions alleging tying of premium cable services and cable set-top boxes
• A leading cable operator in state attorney general investigations regarding allegedly deceptive broadband speed advertising and in related class action litigation
• The cable industry in First Amendment challenges in federal courts of appeals to program carriage rules and analog broadcast carriage requirements
• A large coalition of local exchange carriers in federal court litigation and FCC proceedings arising from disputes over intercarrier compensation rules applicable to wireless traffic
• Telecommunications industry clients and others on defamation issues

Transactional

• BAI Communications in its acquisition of Mobilitie, the largest privately held infrastructure company in the United States
• Searchlight Capital Partners on its take-private of Hemisphere Media Group by portfolio entity Gato Investments
• Searchlight Capital Partners in its acquisition of All Points Broadband, a provider of fiber-to-the-home and fixed wireless services
• T-Mobile independent directors in connection with the merger with Sprint and spin-off of Boost Mobile
• LogMeIn in its sale to Francisco Partners and Elliot Funds, and also in its prior purchase of providers of VoIP and collaboration services
• Time Warner Cable in obtaining regulatory approval for its merger with Charter Communications, and in prior proposed merger with Comcast Corp.
• Time Warner Cable in its various acquisitions of cable systems and telecommunications assets, and sale of wireless spectrum
• T-Mobile independent directors in connection with the merger with Sprint
• Private equity purchasers of Cequel Communications
• Private equity purchasers of Hargray Communications
• Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets Inc. in purchase of regional fiber networks

Regulatory

• The cable industry association in FCC and appellate proceedings regarding net neutrality rules and in related preemption challenges to state net neutrality laws
• Comcast in FCC proceedings regarding broadband data services and in related appeal
• Charter and other telecommunications carriers in appeals of Universal Service Administrative Company rulings regarding compliance with E-rate program rules
• A broad coalition of local exchange carriers seeking a declaratory ruling regarding the application of intercarrier compensation rules to wireless traffic transmitted by interexchange carriers
• A leading cable operator in a congressional investigation of customer service issues
• Wholesale telecommunications carriers serving retail VoIP providers in securing key FCC rulings regarding interconnection rights
• A broad industry coalition seeking reform of FCC retransmission consent rules