The Baller Herbst Law Group

Casey Lide is a Principal with The Baller Herbst Law Group, PC, a national law firm based in Washington, DC, and Minneapolis, MN, that specializes in representing local governments and public power utilities in matters involving telecommunications, cable television, high-speed data communications, Internet access, wireless telecommunications, right-of-way management, pole and conduit attachments, and barriers to the public-sector entry into telecommunications.

Prior to joining Baller Herbst, Mr. Lide worked in-house for Digital Signature Trust Co., a leading provider of Internet security and authentication tools. He has also held policy-related positions for the Federation of American Research Networks (FARNET) and for EDUCAUSE, a national information technology association of higher education institutions. In this capacity, Mr. Lide represented the association on a variety of legislative and regulatory initiatives, including the Telecommunications Act of 1996 and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). He has directed working groups and provided policy advice on such topics as advanced networking, wireless communications, Internet security, the digital divide, domain name policy, privacy, federal investment in information technology research, and distance education.

Mr. Lide is a widely-respected expert on informational privacy. He has co-authored an extensive guidebook on federal privacy law, analyzed the privacy, freedom of information, and open records laws of more than 25 states, and provided counsel on privacy, surveillance, and related issues to numerous public and private clients. He is also a frequent author, speaker, and instructor on these topics.

Mr. Lide's writings include “Balancing the Benefits and Privacy Concerns of Municipal Broadband Applications,” 11 N.Y.U.J. Legis. and Publ. Policy 467 (2008); “CALEA Mandate Affects Broadband Providers Nationwide,” NATOA Journal (Fall 2007); "Eight Bold Steps to a National Broadband Strategy" FTTH Prism (Jan. 2007) (co-author); "America Needs a Fiber-Based National Broadband Policy Now" FTTH Prism (Oct. 2006) (co-author); "Curbing Anticompetitive Practices By Cable Incumbents: If Not Now, When?" NATOA Journal (Winter 2003-04) (co-author); "What Colleges and Universities Need to Know About the Digital Millennium Copyright Act", CAUSE/EFFECT Journal (1999); "UCITA: A Challenge to Traditional Licensing Policy?" EDUCAUSE Rev. (April, 2000); and "ADR and Cyberspace: The Role of Alternative Dispute Resolution in Online Commerce, Intellectual Property and Defamation" Ohio St. J. Disp. Res. (Nov. 1997).