Admitted to Practice | District of Columbia, 1978 | | U.S. Supreme Court, 1986 | | U.S. Court of Appeals D.C. Circuit, 1979 | | U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit, 1979 | | U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, 2008 | | U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1985 | | U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1984 | | U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit, 1991 | | U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1984 |
| Paul Glist concentrates on the areas of cable television, communications, media, telecommunications, privacy and security, and information technology. Since 1978 he has worked with major cable companies and cable associations on legal, regulatory and strategic issues that have emerged as the industry has developed. Paul has been involved in many groundbreaking efforts in telecommunications and cable law and has helped develop the legislation, regulation and case law impacting these industries. He was the first practicing lawyer to receive the Vanguard Award, the most prestigious award presented by the National Cable and Telecommunications Association.
Paul’s clients include: Bigband, Cable Television Laboratories (CableLabs), Canoe Ventures, Charter Communications, Comcast, National Cable & Telecommunications Association and Time Warner Cable.
Paul is a member of the firm's executive committee. Selected Experience Cable regulation, including rates, copyright and signal carriage, franchising, the 1984 and 1992 Cable Acts, the 1996 Telecommunications Act, state telecommunications legislation, digital rights management, pole attachments and privacy. (Ongoing) Frequently appears as an expert witness before State Public Service Commissions, state legislatures and in court on a variety of cable telecommunications matters, such as rates, overbuilds, poles and access to Internet services. (Ongoing) Advice on operational, regulatory, franchising, programming, security, copy protection and interface requirements for delivery of commercial video content to tablets, 'Smart TVs,' IP-enabled devices, and home networks. (Ongoing) The Federal Communications Commission is engaged in several proceedings to define the technical and business interfaces between multichannel networks, home domains, and consumer navigation, recording, and display devices. We have been assisting the National Cable & Telecommunications Association and others in the cable industry in the development of the technical vision and architecture, pleadings, and regulatory strategy before the Federal Communications Commission. (Ongoing) Assisted a major cable television company in developing and deploying an innovative system of next-generation downloadable security. He previously structured the architecture, governance, licensing and other contracts required for the Polycipher security architecture. (Ongoing) Development of 'privacy by design' architectures and practices to meet federal, state and business privacy requirements for advanced advertising platforms. Representing a co-venture of major cable television operators in building a national platform for advanced advertising. Representation in privacy inquiries at FTC, Department of Commerce privacy 'Green Paper,' developing federal privacy and data security legislation. (Ongoing) Provided expert testimony in Connecticut Department of Public Utility Control proceeding regarding electric utility proposed pole attachment rents and best practices for terms and conditions of contract. (Ongoing) Order granting plaintiff's summary judgment; establishing that AT&T video programming service is cable service and that AT&T is a 'cable operator' providing service over a 'cable system' subject to franchising requirements applicable under the Federal Cable Act. (Vacated on mootness grounds after new legislation applied new franchise requirements to AT&T.) 515 F. Supp. 2d 269 (D. Conn. 2007) Facilitated the negotiations between the cable industry and the consumer electronics and IT industries, leading to the FCC's 'plug-and-play' regulations and technology licensing agreements with the consumer electronics industry. Handled rulemaking comments and ex partes leading to FCC revision of its 'CableCARD' bundling, and set-top output rules in 2010. Handled FCC Notice of Inquiry comments and ex partes concerning 'AllVid' proposal. Assisting MSOs with new CableCARD notices. Obtained the first FCC and court rulings allowing cable television operators to deliver telecommunications without losing their favorable status as 'cable'. Designed and executed the complex process for obtaining necessary regulatory consents to Chapter 11 reorganization of a major cable television operator involving the Federal Communications Commission, State Public Service Commissions, and more than 3,000 local and state cable franchises. Negotiation of the cable industry agreement with Microsoft to deliver cable services securely to PCs. Since 1978, working with major cable companies and cable associations on legal, regulatory, and strategic issues that have emerged as the industry has developed. Consultation with federal security agencies on network and supply chain security. Facilitated the economical deployment of coax, and then fiber, by successfully resisting pole attachment overcharges and abuses through key cases at the FCC and in the U.S. Courts of Appeal and the U.S. Supreme Court. Additional Qualifications
- Partner, Cole, Raywid & Braverman LLP, Washington, D.C., 1984-2006
- Attorney, Hogan & Hartson LLP, 1978-1984
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Professional and Community Activities
- American Bar Association
- Federal Communications Bar Association
- Tower Club, Southern Cable Telecommunications Association
- Board of Directors, Tahirih Justice Center
- Chairman, Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Alexandria, Va.
- Interfaith Conference of Metropolitan Washington
- Secretary, City of Alexandria Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Planning Committee
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Professional Recognition
- Named as one of "America's Leading Lawyers for Business" in Telecom – Broadcast & Satellite: Regulatory (District of Columbia) by Chambers USA, 2008-2011
- Selected to “Washington D.C. Super Lawyers” in Communications and Information Technology/Outsourcing, Law & Politics, 2010
- Vanguard Award, National Cable & Telecommunications Association, 2006
- Inductee, Cable Pioneers, 2004
- Tower Club, Southern Cable Telecommunications Association, 1989
- John R. Calvetti Memorial Award, Cable Telecommunications Association of Maryland, Delaware, and the District of Columbia, 2001
- President’s Award, Cable Telecommunications Association of Maryland, Delaware, and the District of Columbia, 1990
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Education J.D., Stanford Law School, 1978 A.B., American Studies, Cornell University, 1975, with distinction | |