Our Firm/Areas of Practice

Who We Serve

Cinnamon Mueller has a long tradition of high-quality, cost-effective legal services in targeted industry sectors. For over two decades, we’ve successfully served the small and medium cable and telecommunications sector, supported by a staff of bright, diverse and creative lawyers and a philosophy of outstanding client service.

Our client base is comprised of independent cable companies, broadband network operators, telecommunications providers, communications lenders and investors, software companies, and related businesses. Proudly, we represent more small and medium cable companies than any other law firm in the U.S. We also advise trade associations in these industry sectors and serve as outside general counsel to the American Cable Association, the leading trade association for independent cable companies.

Core Capabilities

The Cinnamon Mueller team provides a full suite of services and brings more than 75 years of collective experience and expertise to a wide range of legal matters related to the distribution of multichannel video programming services by cable, broadband and telecom providers. Prior to joining Cinnamon Mueller, our attorneys worked in-house for companies like SBC Communications, the National Cable Television Cooperative (NCTC), Time Warner Cable and Millennium Digital Media. We not only know the law, we understand the business. We concentrate our practice on small and mid-sized independent operators and represent numerous ACA Connects, NCTC, Vivicast and NRTC member companies. We also serve as outside general counsel to both ACA Connects and the Mid-America Cable Telecommunications Association.

TV

  • Broadcast signal carriage – retransmission consent/must carry
  • Programming negotiations and disputes
  • App-based broadband/ABR and other advanced media rights
  • Cable system acquisitions, sales, due diligence and financing
  • Operational contracts, negotiations and disputes
  • State and local cable franchises, renewals and disputes
  • FCC, state and local regulatory compliance
  • Compulsory copyright analysis and filings
  • Music performance licensing and other programming copyright issues
  • Video transport and signal delivery
  • Pole attachment agreements and disputes
  • State and Federal legislative and regulatory proceedings
  • Unauthorized carriage of pay-per-view disputes

BROADBAND

  • Broadband regulatory compliance
  • Grant applications and compliance
  • Operational contracts, negotiations and disputes
  • Facility agreements
  • Pole attachment agreements and disputes
  • Internet use agreements and policies
  • Privacy policies and compliance, acquisition and sales
  • State and local franchising and permitting
  • Sales agency agreements, negotiations and disputes
  • Last-mile and middle-mile agreements

TELECOM

  • VoIP agreements
  • VoIP regulatory compliance
  • Operational contracts, negotiations and disputes
  • Facility and interconnection agreements
  • Pole attachment agreements and disputes
  • CLEC certifications
  • State and Federal legislative and regulatory proceedings
  • State and local telecommunications franchises, renewals and disputes