Mr. Hardy is Of Counsel with the firm and his practice encompasses a wide range of regulatory, transactional, intellectual property and public policy matters for communications and media clients including broadcasters, programming providers, and telecommunications and satellite service providers. His experience covers the range of regulatory matters faced by entities subject to government or administrative oversight. Highlights of his regulatory practice include the prosecution of license reinstatement requests before the Federal Communications Commission, complex license modification requests to relocate radio stations to new communities, creating Equal Employment Opportunity compliance programs, securing a precedent setting cross-service interference protection waiver, and reductions of forfeitures assessed clients for FCC rule violations. Mr. Hardy also has extensive experience with the FCC’s spectrum auction process; including the application, bidding and licensing portions of auctions and seeking redress for unfavorable auction decisions rendered by the FCC.Mr. Hardy’s transactional practice includes drafting and negotiating purchase agreements, licensing agreements, and programming and carriage agreements for clients. He also provides guidance and advice on intellectual property issues, including copyright and trademark registration and protection, and data collection and privacy matters, including compliance with the TCPA and TSR.In the public policy arena, Mr. Hardy protects clients’ interests by shaping regulation and seeking unique solutions to complex, competing concerns. The highlight of his public policy experience was negotiating a settlement between the managers of the Appalachian Trail and the wireless communications industry for the siting of telecommunications towers along the trail. The settlement provided the users of the trail with the safety of wireless communications, while maintaining the beauty and integrity of this national treasure.