June 16, 2006
Firm successfully represents Time Warner Telecom, Inc. and coalition of twenty other competitive local exchange carriers ("CLECs") in landmark D.C. Circuit appeal involving challenges to FCC rules that implement the market-opening provisions of the telecommunications Act of 1996.
The firm successfully represented Time Warner Telecom, Inc. and a coalition of twenty other competitive local exchange carriers ("CLECs") in a landmark D.C. Circuit appeal. The case involved challenges to FCC rules that implement the market-opening provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. The rules ensure that CLECs will continue to have access to key elements of incumbent carriers' networks necessary to provide competitive local telecommunications services to business customers across the country. Washington partner David Murray defended the rules during oral argument before the D.C. Circuit. In a decision released June 16, the D.C. Circuit upheld the rules and rejected the incumbent carriers' efforts to deny CLECs access to these important network elements. Thomas Jones, Randy Branitsky, Jonathan Lechter, and Grace Koh in the Washington office assisted in the appeal.
