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Prior to working with Albany, Doug worked with [[Internews Europe]] where he assisted media rights advocates in developing countries and was in a private practice for five years with the international law firm of [[Latham & Watkins]]<ref> Albany Associates, 2008 ''Doug Griffin'' [http://www.albanyassociates.com/douggriffin.php]</ref>. | Prior to working with Albany, Doug worked with [[Internews Europe]] where he assisted media rights advocates in developing countries and was in a private practice for five years with the international law firm of [[Latham & Watkins]]<ref> Albany Associates, 2008 ''Doug Griffin'' [http://www.albanyassociates.com/douggriffin.php]</ref>. | ||
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Latest revision as of 02:27, 16 April 2008
Douglas Griffin is a media and communications lawyer and a director of Albany Associates[1].
He has previously worked in the United Arab Emirates, Sudan and Iraq as an advisor on various media law and regulatory issues. He is also advising Jordanian institutions on the establishment of a media law curriculum, the development of an annual media law and policy institute, and other law and policy issues[2].
Doug was the lawyer for the Media Development and Regulatory Advisory Team that Albany Associates deployed in Iraq. "In that capacity, he drafted codes and regulations applying to Iraqi media, drafted legal opinions designed to protect the media and public service broadcaster from government influence, drafted procedural rules for administering complaints against media, drafted media legislation for presentation to the Iraqi legislature, and advised the Iraqi interim and transitional governments on the role of independent regulators of media and telecommunications"[3].
Prior to working with Albany, Doug worked with Internews Europe where he assisted media rights advocates in developing countries and was in a private practice for five years with the international law firm of Latham & Watkins[4].
