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Date: Feb. 26, 1996
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"The Telecommunications Act of 1996'' to be Discussed at Princeton
Princeton, N.J.--A discussion on ``The Telecommunications Act of 1996: Where Do We Go from Here and How Do We Get There?'' will be held at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs on Wednesday, February 28, at 4:30 p.m. in Bowl 2, Robertson Hall.
The telecommunications act, the most sweeping revision of U.S. communications legislation since the Communications Act of 1934, will enable local and long distance telephone, cable, and broadcast industries to compete in ways that were previously impossible. The ramifications of this will be discussed by James F. Rogers '79, a partner in the Washington D.C. law office of Latham & Watkins, and Nicholas W. Allard '74, who chairs Latham & Watkins' government relations practice group.
Rogers, who earned a master of public affairs degree from the Woodrow Wilson School, practices corporate law with an emphasis on communications. He has considerable experience in the purchase, sale, financing, and administrative regulation of all parts of the communications industry, including radio and television stations; cellular; paging, and other mobile communications; satellites; and wireless cable and interactive television. He has served as co-chair of the ad hoc committee on Opinions of the Federal Communications Bar Association. Prior to entering the practice of law, Rogers was a law clerk to the Honorable Charles Clark, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and the Honorable Ruth Bader Ginsberg, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
Allard, who majored in the Woodrow Wilson School while an undergraduate at Princeton, is recognized as one of the nation's leading authorities on all aspects of the 1992 Cable Act, the landmark Telecommunications Act of 1995, and other communications issues. He has published many scholarly articles and commentaries in recent years, and was awarded the Wireless Cable Association International President's Award for both 1992 and 1993, and the National Satellite Publishing, Inc. Wireless Attorney of the Year Award in 1994. He is a former board member of the D.C. chapter of the Federal Bar Association, and was the recipient of the national organization's Distinguished Service Award in 1985. He is a member of the advisory board of Hastings Communications and Entertainment Law Journal and the National Satellite Publishing Inc. Private and Wireless Cable magazine. Prior to entering the practice of law, he served as a law clerk to the Honorable Patricia M. Wald of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and to the Honorable Robert P. Peckham, Chief Judge of the District Court for the Northern District of California.
The discussion is being sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.