Blog Post 09.13.24
She has spent time on the ground in Washington and demonstrates deep knowledge on how to navigate FCC matters.
Jessica Nyman's practice focuses on communications regulatory, litigation and transactional matters.
Clients turn to Jessica for help navigating complex regulatory and litigation matters before the Federal Communications Commission, the Department of Justice, the Copyright Royalty Board, and federal district and appellate courts. She has deep experience in a wide array of media matters, including NextGenTV development and implementation, compliance with multiple ownership limits, petitions for approval of foreign broadcast ownership, program carriage rights, and EEO compliance. Beyond media, she advises clients on the FCC’s equipment authorization and marketing requirements, E911 obligations, and experimental licensing. Jessica also offers strategic counsel in a variety of transactional matters in the communications and technology sector, including retransmission consent negotiations, mergers and acquisitions, and information technology outsourcing transactions. She is a regular contributor to CommLawCenter.com, Pillsbury's one-stop resource center covering a wide array of communications law matters.
Representative Experience
- Represented Media General, Inc. with respect to regulatory matters in its $4.6 billion merger with Nexstar Broadcasting Group Inc.
- Represented Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. in obtaining authorization from the FCC for a foreign entity to hold more than 25% of the shares of a large U.S. television broadcast company.
- Represented Sinclair Broadcast Group before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in opposing an Administrative Procedures Act challenge to the FCC’s national audience reach rule.
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- Represented broadcast station owner in district court litigation and mediation of retransmission consent-related contract dispute.
- Ongoing representation of copyright claimants in royalty distribution proceedings before the Copyright Royalty Board.
- Ongoing representation of TV broadcasters in ATSC 3.0 licensing matters and hosting agreement negotiations.
Professional Highlights
Honors & Awards
- Recognized by Chambers USA – Up and Coming (2023-2024)
- Recognized by Legal 500 U.S., Rising Star (2023-2024)
- Recognized by Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch (published by BL Rankings LLC) for Communications Law (2022 – 2025)
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- Super Lawyers, Washington, DC, Rising Star (2018-2022)
- 2017 Capital Pro Bono Honor Roll, High Honors
Education
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J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 2014
Order of the Coif, magna cum laudeB.A., University of Texas, 2007
Admissions
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Maryland
District of Columbia
Texas
Courts
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U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit