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Tarah
S.
Grant
Associate, Northern Virginia
Tarah Grant’s practice focuses on commercial transactions, with a particular emphasis on deals involving the Internet, media, entertainment, and technology. Her experience includes advising radio and television stations on regulatory issues and drafting content licenses and other contracts related to the development, protection, and commercialization of intellectual property assets. Tarah regularly works on technology licensing arrangements; e-commerce projects, including Web site development agreements, co-branding agreements, and user agreements; Web site audits; intellectual property due diligence; professional services agreements; and confidentiality and nondisclosure agreements. She also assists with joint ventures and mergers and acquisitions. Additionally, she has handled a wide array of in-house legal issues while on secondment to the headquarters of a nationally-renowned online newspaper.
Tarah majored in journalism and mass communications in college. She served as editor-in-chief of her university's newspaper and, while in law school, she served as editor-in-chief of the Virginia Journal of Law and Technology. Prior to joining Hogan & Hartson, Tarah completed internships at several media organizations and companies.
Tarah is the former co-chair of the Young Lawyers Committee of the Federal Communications Bar Association (FCBA) and currently serves at the Young Lawyers representative on the Executive Committee of the FCBA. Tarah is also a graduate of Leadership Fairfax's Emerging Leaders Institute.
REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE
Fox Entertainment Group's joint venture with NBC Universal and Providence Equity Partners to create Hulu.com.
Hogan & Hartson Publications
01.14.2010
"Media & Communications Briefing: Issue 5." Media & Communications Briefing, Hogan & Hartson LLP
06.16.2009
"Unilateral Right to Modify Contract Terms Causes Blockbuster Problems." IP Update, Hogan & Hartson LLP
05.15.2009
"FCC Broadcast Rule and Policy Changes: Ownership Reports, Rural Radio Initiative, Native American Radio Preference, and Radio Auction and Technical Matters." FCC Update, Hogan & Hartson LLP
10.06.2008
"Privacy & Data Security Briefing: Issue 5." Privacy & Data Security Briefing, Hogan & Hartson LLP
02.19.2008
"FCC Solicits Comments Regarding Broadcast Localism." FCC Update, Hogan & Hartson LLP
09.07.2007
"Recent Ninth Circuit Holding Requires Service Providers to Notify Customers of Modifications to Service Contracts." IP Update, Hogan & Hartson LLP
07.20.2007
"FCC Adopts New Emergency Alert System Standards and Solicits Further Public Comment." FCC Update, Hogan & Hartson LLP
04.26.2007
"Recent FCC Developments Regarding Television/Cable Initiatives." FCC Update, Hogan & Hartson LLP
04.23.2007
"FCC Solicits Public Comment on Status of Children's Television Programming." FCC Update, Hogan & Hartson LLP
12.28.2006
"Revised Children’s Television Rules Become Effective January 2, 2007." FCC Update, Hogan & Hartson LLP
07.27.2006
"FCC Solicits Public Comment on Media Ownership Rules." FCC Update, Hogan & Hartson LLP
11.29.2005
"Unpublished Works Eligible for 'Pre-registration'." IP Update, Hogan & Hartson LLP
04.14.2005
"FCC Clarifies Disclosure Policy Regarding VNRs, Solicits Comments." FCC Update, Hogan & Hartson LLP
02.10.2005
"FCC Adopts Limited Digital Must-Carry Requirement." FCC Update, Hogan & Hartson LLP
10.04.2004
"FCC Establishes Digital Conversion Rules for Low Power Television." FCC Update, Hogan & Hartson LLP
06.25.2004
"Third Circuit Remands Media Ownership Rules." FCC Update, Hogan & Hartson LLP
06.01.2004
"FCC Reinstates Broadcast Station Annual Employment Report." FCC Update, Hogan & Hartson LLP
Published Works
October 2009
"Now You See It, Now You Don't: District Court Finds That Reserving the Right to Change Terms Can Make a Contract Illusory." Intellectual Property and Technology Law Journal, Aspen Publishers
02.02.2007
"A Lawyerly Look at Kiddie Sites." Television Business Report
01.15.2007
"Beware the FCC's New Kids-Web Rules." Broadcasting & Cable
PUBLISHED WORKS PRIOR TO JOINING HOGAN & HARTSON
“SLAPP Back: How the Media Can Take Advantage of State Laws to Win Early Dismissal of Meritless Libel Lawsuits,” The 1999 Pulliam Kilgore Report (published by The Society of Professional Journalists and Baker & Hostetler LLP), October 1999.
“Placing Blame: Lawsuits Accuse Book Publisher, TV Shows, Movies of Giving People Ideas that End in Tragedy,” Quill, September 1999.
“Reporter Pleads Guilty on Porn Charges: Judge Refused to Allow First Amendment Defense,” The News Media and the Law, Summer 1998, Vol. 22, No. 3.
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