Baker Botts has broad litigation experience trying cases and handling arbitrations for the global leaders in telecommunications and media. Throughout the United States, our practice covers all of the following disciplines:

• Intellectual property litigation involving the latest, most sophisticated telecommunications and media technology
• Litigation and regulatory work involving state-of-the-art services to businesses and homes
• Federal telecommunications, cable and media laws and regulations
• Classic complex commercial litigation based on allegations of fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, joint enterprise misconduct and contract breach
• Libel and disparagement claims against media outlets
• Antitrust and unfair competition claims
• Consumer class action defense

Since the 1990s the firm has closely followed the revolution of converging technologies and consolidation in this industry. Our lawyers have worked with major businesses involved in these forces of change as they continue to develop and emerge. 

We counsel our clients and protect their interests in all kinds of disputes in every forum imaginable. Baker Botts regularly represents large telecommunications companies, national television and radio networks, public broadcasters, newspapers, magazines and film companies as well as individual publishers, producers and journalists. From multibillion-dollar mergers to consumer class actions, libel claims to copyright protection, Baker Botts is an integral part of our clients' legal teams.