New Haven
Email: bcohen@murthalaw.com
Phone: 203-772-7714
Fax: 203-772-7723
Hartford
Phone: 860-240-6177
Fax: 860-240-6150
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Burt Cohen
Burt Cohen has practiced for 25 years in the areas of communications, regulatory and administrative law and related federal and state court litigation. He represents the communications and other regulated industries in matters involving commercial litigation, state tax, and general corporate and business law. He has represented cable television systems and telecommunications service providers in transfer, franchise renewal and other compliance proceedings before the Connecticut Department of Public Utility Control, the Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission and other state commissions. With an active state tax litigation practice, Mr. Cohen has represented the cable television industry, the gas industry, and other significant taxpayers before the Connecticut Department of Revenue Services and is a member of the Broadband Tax Professionals Institute (BTI). He has also represented cable television systems and programmers in federal and state court litigation involving franchise compliance issues, protection of programming from private and commercial party piracy, state tax and franchise fee issues, and other communications related issues. He has worked extensively with the National Cable & Telecommunication Association's (NCTA) Office of Cable Signal Theft and federal and state law enforcement officials to enforce the intellectual property rights of cable operators and programming services in cases of unauthorized reception and exhibition of programming.
He serves as the Legislative Liaison for the Public Utility Law Section of the Connecticut Bar Association and regularly participates in activities of the NCTA, the BTI and the New England Cable & Telecommunications Association. Mr. Cohen currently serves as the Firm's Diversity Committee Chairperson.
Representative Published Decisions:
- Cox Cable Advisory Council v. Dept. of Public Utility Control, 259 Conn. 56, cert. denied (2002)
- New England Cable Television Ass'n v. Dept. of Public Utility Control, 247 Conn. 95 (1998)
- Community Television Systems d/b/a TCI Cablevision of South Central CT v. Caruso, 134 F. Supp. 2d 455 (2000)
- Charter Communications Entertainment I, LLC v. Shaw, 163 F. Supp. 2d 121 (D. Conn. 2001)
- Home Box Office v. Champs of New Haven, 837 F. Supp. 480 (D. Conn. 1993)
