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Bringing Broadband to Underserved Communities: Legal Considerations for BEAD Program Deployment

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This CLE course will cover legal considerations regarding BEAD infrastructure deployment to close the broadband divide. The BEAD program, created pursuant to the 2021 IIJA, is a once in a generation opportunity to utilize federal funds for broadband infrastructure for underserved locations. It is a complex process with a range of legal issues from state funding allocation to contracting service providers for the actual work.

We will touch upon the following:

Legal traps of technology preference (e.g. fiber bias)
NTIA Prevailing Wage and DEI Parameters to Meet a new White House
Environmental and Land Use Considerations
Right-of-Way Access
Unserved, Underserved and Community Anchor Institutions (CAIs): What does it all mean?
Net Neutrality Considerations
Mapping and Accuracy of Coverage Data
Public Private Partnerships

Lecturer Bio

Peter J. Lupo, Esq

Peter J. Lupo, Esq., is an attorney with over 24 years of experience, predominantly in telecommunications, land use, and property law. Mr. Lupo grew up in Brooklyn, New York, and moved to New Jersey after graduating high school. He attended CUNY Brooklyn College for his undergraduate studies and New York Law School for his legal education. He is also an officer in the United States Army Reserve, having achieved the rank of Colonel.

Early on in his legal career, Mr. Lupo spent over a decade working on behalf of the major carriers, negotiating lease agreements, resolving notices of default, and facilitating project deployment, site construction, and a host of other tasks and deliverables required by wireless carriers to deploy and maintain their cellular networks.

Mr. Lupo is also extensively involved in real estate transactions in his private practice. To date, he has closed on over 500 residential purchases and a growing number of commercial purchases and leases. In 2017, Mr. Lupo formed Hoplite Communications, LLC, a telecommunications consulting firm specializing in municipal, county, and state-level representation.

Over the past 4 years, through Hoplite, he has worked for and advocated on behalf of local government, county government, and public and state agencies in regard to wireless installations in the public rights-of-way, as well as on publicly owned lands such as town hall complexes and public parks.

Mr. Lupo is also currently an adjunct professor at Johns Hopkins University, where he teaches graduate level courses on the history of federal housing policy and affordable housing programs.

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Bringing Broadband to Underserved Communities: Legal Considerations for BEAD Program Deployment

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We will touch upon the following:

Lecturer Bio

Peter J. Lupo, Esq

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