Practice Areas & Industries: Holland & Hart LLP

Practice/Industry Group Overview

The telecommunications industry is driving the fast pace of technological innovation in the United States.  But innovation often collides with regulatory structures and competitive markets.  These dynamic forces make it essential that your company has experienced, energetic and accomplished attorneys ensuring your business goals are met.

Holland & Hart is a leading telecommunications state regulatory law firm in the West - with more than 100 years of combined experience before state utility commissions in Arkansas, Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington and Wyoming.

We represent a wide variety of telecommunications clients including competitive local exchange carriers, long-distance providers, cable companies, internet service providers, rural local exchange carriers and wireless companies.

Services Available

Our combined capabialities optimize advice to clients on all aspects of telecommunications regulation.

Competitive Entry and Maintenance

• Operating certificates
• Tariffs and price lists
• Customer contracts
• Franchises, eligible telecommunication carrier certification

Interconnection Agreements

• Negotiation
• Arbitration
• Litigation
• Appeals

Mergers and Acquisitions

• Advice and counsel regarding filing requirements
• Regulatory approvals

Billing and Collection

• Negotiating disputes
• Arbitration
• Litigation

Regulatory Intervention

• Numbering
• Universal service
• Resale
• Unbundling

Intercarrier compensation

• Access charges
• Federal and state universal service charges
• Reciprocal compensation

Rate Cases and Tariffs

• Cost of service
• Rate of return
• Rate design
• Cost allocation
• Special contracts
• Rate riders and surcharges
• Service terms and conditions

Emerging Competition

• Deregulation
• Alternative forms of regulation

Regulatory Compliance

• Complaint proceedings
• Show cause proceedings
• Required reporting obligations regarding service quality