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Brad is an associate in the firm’s Business Litigation practice. He received his J.D. from the Temple University Beasley School of Law, where he served as a staff editor for the Temple Law Review.

On March 19, 2026, a group of eight state attorneys general (AGs) filed a lawsuit to block the $6.2 billion acquisition of Tegna Inc. by Nexstar Media Group, two of the largest American broadcast companies. The suit came after federal regulators cleared the transaction, sharpening an increasing divide between the administration and states’ views on the same transactions.