Dow Lohnes PLLC

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Throughout its 85-year history, Dow Lohnes has served as a strategic partner to its clients in a number of growing and dynamic industries, including communications and traditional media businesses, new media businesses, Internet and information technology companies, educational institutions and health care companies. For decades, our clients have relied on Dow Lohnes to provide timely and expert guidance on a wide range of business and legal issues, including complex regulatory, merger and acquisition, taxation, financing, antitrust and litigation matters.

General Civil and Administrative Practice including Antitrust, Aviation, Cable Television, Commercial TV and Radio Broadcasting, Communications, Compensation and Benefits, Corporate, Employee Relations/Benefits, Educational Institutions, Environmental, Estate Planning and Administration, Financial Institutions, Government Contracts, Government Relations, Health Care, Intellectual Property, Media and Information Technology, Labor, Legislation, Litigation, Mergers and Acquisitions, Non-Profit Institutions, Public Broadcasting and Telecommunications, Real Estate, Satellite Communications, Securities, Telecommunications and Telephones and Tax.

FCC Clarifies Voice over IP Universal Service Rules
J.G. Harrington, June 27, 2008
Today the FCC released an order clarifying one aspect of its rules governing how voice over IP providers report their revenues on the form that determines universal service contribution obligations.

CONGRESS EXPANDS FMLA FOR FAMILIES OF SERVICE MEMBERS
Richard P. McHugh, Paul R. Lang, Mary K. Qualiana, Michael A. Hepburn, April 4, 2008
Congress recently enacted the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 2008 (the "Act"), which was signed by President Bush on January 28, 2008. One feature of the Act is a provision that amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 ("FMLA") to extend leave of absence...

DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLAN PARTICIPANTS CAN RECOVER LOSSES TO ACCOUNT BALANCE CAUSED BY FIDUCIARY'S BREACH
Richard P. McHugh, Paul R. Lang, Mary K. Qualiana, Michael A. Hepburn, April 4, 2008
On February 20, 2008, the U.S. Supreme Court recognized for the first time that a participant in a defined contribution plan could sue to recover monetary damages for losses incurred in his plan account as a result of a breach of fiduciary duty. In LaRue v. DeWolff Boberg & Assocs. Inc., Mr....

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