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Internet, Communications & Data Protection Group

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Our nationally recognized Internet, Communications & Data Protection Group offers the full complement of counseling, regulatory and litigation services for clients that store and transmit information, including data, voice, sounds and images.  We work with clients who run and manage Internet-based businesses, ISPs, Internet Portals, social networking sites, interactive video games and traditional communications networks to minimize their business risks.

On the Internet side, we help clients by providing practical business-friendly advice on issues such as: transmitting and storing user-generated content, DMCA implementation and compliance, conducting email marketing consistent with CAN-SPAM, complying with laws pertaining to gambling, and adult-content.  We also help service providers on government compliance issues that arise under ECPA, CALEA, FISA, Cable and Wiretap Acts and in implementing Wiretap, FISA, Pen Register and Trap & Trace Orders and NSLs.

We also counsel communications providers on wireline, wireless and VoIP regulations.  We provide strategic advice on consumer protection regulations for marketing and billing services, such as TCPA and truth-in-billing requirements, as well as regulatory fee requirements, including USF compliance, auditing and enforcement.  We advise clients on CALEA and CPNI privacy regulations and assist clients in subpoena compliance.  We also negotiate agreements and litigate disputes between users, suppliers and providers of communications services, and represent clients in enforcement actions before the FCC, state commissions and attorneys general.

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Spotlights
Marc Zwillinger and Rebecca Fayed to Participate in HITECH Act Webinar
Marc Zwillinger and Rebecca Fayed
Sonnenschein attorneys Marc Zwillinger and Rebecca Fayed will present during the "The Impact of the HITECH Act on HIPAA Compliance and Data Security: Clear Information Direct from the Legal Experts" webinar on October 21 at 2:00 p.m. EDT.  The 60-minute webinar is presented by Legal Experts and sponsored by Vormetric.  Click here to register for this webinar.
TR Daily Covers Telebriefing by Telecom Antitrust Panel, Including Doug Bonner
Doug Bonner
On September 17, 2009, Internet, Communications & Data Protection Group partner Douglas Bonner moderated an expert panel of antitrust lawyers, including Michael Altschul, Senior Vice President & General Counsel of CTIA - The Wireless Association, and Donald J. Russell, partner at Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck, Untereiner & Sauber LLP and former Chief of the Antitrust Division's Telecommunications Task Force from 1994 to 2001.  The Q&A discussion examined 1) Antitrust policy changes at the DOJ; 2) The impact of vertically integrated telecommunications companies on competition; 3) FCC investigation of wireless industry practices; 4) The role Congress plays in investigations of the telecom industry; and 5) the results of private antitrust actions against telecom/video providers.

To review materials provided to participants, click links below:
Preserving "Net Neutrality" Amidst Massive Telecommunications Consolidation - Can it Happen? presentation
Assistant Attorney General Varney 5/12/09 speech to U.S. Chamber of Commerce, "Vigorous Antitrust Enforcement in This Challenging Era"
DOJ Antitrust Division Press Release, 5/11/09
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Marc Zwillinger Quoted in BNA Report
Marc Zwillinger
Sonnenschein attorney Marc Zwillinger was quoted in BNA's Electronic Commerce & Law Report.  The report discusses the significance in the Ninth Circuit's decision in Comprehensive Drug Testing, Inc.  Legal experts have identified this decision as one of the most important rulings on government searches of electronically stored information.
Click here to read the article, titled "Attorneys, Academics Sort Through Landmark Case on Computer Searches."