FCC Announces Independent Compliance Officer In AT&T-Directv Merger

Donald K Stern of Affiliated Monitors, Inc., has been identified as the Independent Compliance Officer to review and evaluate AT&T's compliance with an Order relating to the AT&T-DirecTV merger. Stern is the Managing Director, Corporate Monitoring and Consulting Services of Affiliated Monitors, Inc., and has served as the US Attorney for Massachusetts, the Chief Legal Counsel for the Governor of Massachusetts, and Assistant Attorney General in the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office. Stern has been a partner in a number of major law firms as well as a member of the faculty of a number of law schools.