Since its founding in 1976, Fleischman and Walsh, L.L.P. has effectively served its clients in the telecommunications, cable television, broadcasting, energy, transportation, corporate, and financial areas, representing large international and domestic corporations, established and start-up companies, and individuals and closely held entities, helping each client to achieve its optimum goals.

Being a mid-sized firm, Fleischman and Walsh, L.L.P. is the ideal size for personalized and highly specialized client service. We seek to represent each of our clients, large or small, with a thorough, thoughtful and result-oriented approach.

Fleischman and Walsh, L.L.P Specialty

Cable Television

The firm has an unparalleled depth and breadth of knowledge, experience, and ability in cable television law. We represent our cable television clients on a full range of matters arising before the FCC, such as rate regulation, must carry/retransmission consent, customer service standards, leased access, subscriber privacy, EEO, program access and affiliation agreements, licensing, rulemakings, and special relief and waiver petitions, as well as all types of ownership issues. We also assist with copyright matters, including the resolution of disputes before the U.S. Copyright Office and issues before other federal agencies, such as the Federal Trade Commission, Department of Justice, Department of Agriculture, Rural Utilities Service, Federal Aviation Administration, and Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

On the local level, we help our cable clients in their relations with local and state franchising authorities regarding matter such as franchise renewals, modifications and transfers, rate increases, and franchise fees. Our regulatory attorneys work closely with our corporate and securities group to ensure that cable system sales, acquisitions, refinancings, and other transactional matters are handled in the most efficient and effective manner.

Increasingly, our cable practice has involved competitive issues, such as system overbuilds, direct broadcast satellites (DBS), wireless cable, open video systems, rate uniformity, access to programming, marketing practices, access to multiple-dwelling buildings, and ownership of internal wiring. And as our clients have entered into Internet access, voice over Internet protocol, and other new lines of business, our practice has evolved with them, allowing us to offer advice and counsel on the telecommunications, intellectual property, antitrust and other legal issues raised by these endeavors.

We are also involved in state and federal legislative matters affecting cable television, assisting the National Cable Television Association and other clients in connection with various proposals pending before Congress and the FCC from time to time, including the 1996 Telecommunications Act, the 1992 Cable Act, and the 1984 Cable Act. We also represent state cable television trade associations in connection with state legislative and regulatory issues and federal proposals with state-wide impact.

Our cable television clients include several of the nation's largest and most prominent multiple-system operators, growing medium-sized companies and smaller, privately owned entities. We also represent established and start-up cable programming networks, as well as brokerage firms, lenders, equipment manufacturers and others involved in various aspects of the cable industry.

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