Law360 named Covington a Media and Entertainment Practice Group of the Year, and the accompanying profile included commentary from Robyn Polashuk, Neema Sahni, and Matt DelNero on the firm’s prowess at handling media and entertainment matters.
Robyn tells Law360 there are about 100 lawyers who work on matters tied to media and entertainment across "all different kinds of practices — litigation, regulatory, transactions.”
“Really running the gamut of our office," Robyn said of the attorneys she works with. Covington, she said, has "been in the media and entertainment space for over 100 years, starting with the early age of the regulatory and media industry."
That growing media footprint is part of the reason that the firm set out West, Robyn said. Neema adds that the practice group has been undergoing a lot of "really organic" growth. Lawyers fresh out of law school often end up at Covington because they are interested in being in the media space, and they know the firm's reputation for handling that kind of work, Neema concludes.
Matt highlights that there's no one who "cuts across corporate litigation and regulatory at the level we do. Both the media industry and the political landscape we face are undergoing pretty significant changes—combining a deep understanding of Washington with top-notch litigators in Los Angeles and New York really matters a lot." Neema shares an example of an accomplishment on behalf of firm client Meta Platforms, which, alongside other massive social media companies Snap and YouTube, has been accused of designing its websites and applications to be addictive. The litigation is a massive, multidistrict, consolidated beast, but the claims that Covington fended off were brought by four school districts who argued that the addictive qualities of these platforms was particularly harmful to children and that the school districts had been harmed as a result. Neema said that this win "really reflects our ability to face off against the government in high-stakes litigation."
"It's a privilege, frankly, to get to work on a lot of these matters that are so prominent, pushing these deals into the next generation," Neema added. Robyn echoed this, saying it's fun to work on matters that affect the lives of almost everyone. "We all watch TV or listen to music on our phones," she said. "We're very lucky we get to work with exciting clients on exciting matters in an arena in which we all live."
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