Mark’s practice focuses on assisting U.S. and international clients, including fiber networks, broadband service providers, satellite resellers, data centers, mobile app developers and telecom agents, use new technologies to provide innovative communications products and services. With the growth of the mobile Internet and the move to the cloud, data privacy, data security and new cloud business models have become crucial to clients.
Most of his projects are transactional or regulatory matters. The transactional work includes negotiating agreements for cloud services, for wireless, fiber optic and satellite network capacity, for private enterprise networks, or for strategic partnerships. Advising on data privacy and security issues has also become a larger part of his practice since 2009. Recent client projects in this space have ranged from drafting standard website privacy policies, to assisting in client data and privacy audits, to advising on data security and law enforcement disclosure obligations, and coordinating the reporting of and response to a data breach involving customers in 22 states. He also represent clients in a variety of other regulatory proceedings at the federal (FCC) and state levels.
