Cathleen A. Schultz

Cathleen Schultz has more than twenty-five years of experience with a range of regulatory compliance issues affecting telecommunications companies. She supports clients participating in the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) and the federal Lifeline, E-rate, rural healthcare, and high-cost universal service fund programs administered by the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC). Cathleen also assists clients with transactional due diligence, FCC and state reporting requirements, Eligible Telecommunications Carrier applications, and licensing-related filings.

Practice Highlights

• Regularly involved in client matters relating to the federal universal service fund, including fund-contribution issues and the schools and libraries, rural healthcare, high cost and low income programs administered by the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC)
• Has a comprehensive background in signal carriage issues affecting cable operators, including the compulsory license requirements of Section 111 of the Copyright Act and the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) must carry, network nonduplication and syndicated exclusivity rules
• Routinely assists clients with FCC reporting requirements, including regulatory fee filings, revenue reporting worksheets and other licensing-related filings