Local Governments

Miller & Van Eaton is best known for its telecommunications advice to local governments. Our attorneys have extensive experience in assisting municipalities nationwide on issues such as cable television franchise problems, cellular tower zoning decisions, telephone rates and contracts, federal regulatory preemption, municipal ownership of telecommunications networks, leases and compensation agreements for public rights-of-way, cable TV rate regulation, and local telecommunications ordinances.

Educators

Miller & Van Eaton represents EDLINC, the coalition of national educational organizations advising and protecting schools on issues affecting the price and availability of advanced telecommunications services, including the National School Boards Association, the National Association of Independent Schools, the National Education Association, the American Library Association, and others. Our attorneys prepared the coalition’s filings for the Federal Communication Commission’s Universal Service Order and then defended that order in court. We also advise on how these new Universal Service rules work. And we work with clients to obtain the rate discounts provided by the FCC’s Universal Service rules.

Real Estate Developers

The attorneys of Miller & Van Eaton represent the rental property industry (both commercial and residential) in matters arising out of the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996. Our attorneys have filed comments in several Federal Communications Commission and state regulatory proceedings related to the rental property industry, developed a constitutional analysis of the limits of federal authority, and assisted national real estate trade associations as they petitioned Congress to preserve the rights of property owners. The firm represents a coalition of real estate trade associations, including the Building Owners and Managers Association, International, the Institute of Real Estate Management, the International Council of Shopping Centers, the National Apartment Association, the National Multi-Housing Council, the National Realty Committee, and the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts.

International Telecommunications

Miller & Van Eaton has successfully translated its expertise in United States domestic telecommunications law and policy to solve the problems of developing countries. Miller & Van Eaton advises clients around the world on all facets of telecommunications law and policy. We have served as legal consultants to foreign governments, international financial institutions, and foreign investment counseling firms on a variety of telecommunications policy matters in Africa, Argentina, the Bahamas, Bolivia, Brazil, China, the Czech Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Poland, Romania, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Turkey, and Venezuela. In particular, the firm provides advice to international clients on telecommunication regulation, restructuring, liberalization, and privatization.