Russell Blau

Russ Blau is a Partner in the Telecommunications, Media and Technology Practice Group at Bingham McCutchen, where he practices telecommunications law and related fields including litigation, regulatory, transactional, and legislative. He has successfully represented telecommunications carriers in arbitration proceedings under the Telecommunications Act of 1996, as well as formal complaint proceedings before the FCC. In appellate proceedings, he has obtained key rulings on carrier interconnection rights and on the applicability of interconnection contract terms to Internet access traffic. In addition, Mr. Blau led the fight for expanded interconnection rights for competitive telecommunications carriers and has taken a leading role in regulatory battles over the status of VoIP services. He also advises clients on federal and state regulatory issues, including those arising in securities offerings, mergers, acquisitions and other corporate transactions. Mr. Blau advices and represents clients on Internet issues, including drafting of peering and transit agreements, FCC proceedings involving reciprocal compensation and access charges, and issues relating to domain name assignments and Internet governance. Previously, He was a Partner at Swidler Berlin. (This is me - Update Profile)