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Telecommunications
Telecommunications
is a rapidly changing area of legal practice. The changes are driven by
technological advances, innovative forms of regulation and industry
realignment. The most significant change, and the greatest practice area
challenge, is the shift from monopoly provision of telecommunications to a
fully competitive marketplace.
The
firm’s telecommunications practice covers administrative proceedings,
civil lawsuits and legislative activities related to the federal and state
regulation, and now deregulation, of local exchange telecommunications
companies. The firm provides its telecommunications clients with a broad
range of experience in the areas of rate of return, rate base, operating
expenses and rate-making. Its attorneys were instrumental in the two
recent rewrites of the Florida telecommunications law and, as a result,
have the ability to furnish telecommunications clients with the insight
necessary to navigate the changing telecommunications landscape.
The
firm has dealt with regulatory and court decisions on a wide variety of
issues for the firm’s telecommunications clients. The firm’s
telecommunications attorneys defended multimillion dollar lawsuits by
highway contractors claiming construction delays due to untimely
telecommunications facility relocation work. The firm’s attorneys
understand the technical aspects of provisioning telecommunications
networks and services.
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