Comcast forms new legal regulatory group headed by Lynn Charytan

Comcast  (Nasdaq: CMCSA) said Thursday that it has formed a new Legal and Regulatory Group that will be headed by VP of legal and regulatory affairs Lynn R. Charytan.

Charytan

Based in Washington, D.C., the legal group will focus on issues impacting both Comcast and NBCUniversal businesses, including compliance of FCC and Federal Trade Commission conditions that were placed on Comcast's merger with NBCU. Comcast closed its merger with NBCU last year. It agreed to several merger conditions, including making affordable high-speed Internet access available to low-income households, and complying with the FCC's net neutrality rules.

Comcast said the legal and regulatory group will also be responsible for retaining outside counsel for regulatory matters at the FCC, FTC and other agencies, and work with attorneys on filings at the Securities and Exchange Commission and other federal, state and local agencies.

Charytan joined Comcast in November 2010, She worked earlier as a partner and chair of the communications, privacy and Internet law practice at D.C. law firm WilmerHale. Comcast said Charytan will report "substantively" to Kyle McSlarrow, the former NCTA president who now oversees its lobbying operations as president of Comcast/NBCUniversal D.C. Charytan will also report to Comcast general counsel Arthur Block.

For more:
- see the news release

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