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ATTORNEYS James Horwood, Spiegel & McDiarmid James Horwood has over 40 years of practice specializing in matters covering a wide range of energy and communications law. He has been in
private practice (with Spiegel & McDiarmid) for since 1973, with concentration in representing municipal and cooperative electric distribution systems, associations of such systems, municipal joint action
agencies, and generation and transmission cooperatives in energy matters and advising cities on cable television issues. Mr. Horwood advises local governments on all aspects of telecommunications law.
This includes work for cities considering municipal ownership and operation of cable systems, construction and ownership of infrastructure, including fiber optic systems, and issues that arise under cable television
franchises, including those in connection with renewal, transfer, enforcement and rate regulation. Joe Van Eaton, Miller & Van Eaton Joe Van Eaton specializes in representing municipalities and nonprofit groups on a broad range of communications and antitrust-related matters. He has worked with communities on cable franchise renewals, advised communities as to the effect of the Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984 on local authority to regulate rates and to enforce franchise provisions, and aided communities in conducting cable operator performance evaluations. His work has involved representation of communities in cases involving First Amendment and antitrust challenges to local franchising authorities. He filed one of the first post-Cable Act petitions which resulted in a community re-regulating basic cable service rates and has provided advice to a number of communities investigating the feasibility of municipal ownership of cable television systems.
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