U.S. Sanctions On Iran & Russia: Operation Economic Outcast
Roughly a year ago, our Firm participated in BWG Global teleconferences (https://bwgglobal.com/) on cross-border payments on June 23 and July 18, 2025. See www.wstelecomlaw.com/2025/07/u-s-sanctions-on-russia-anticipating-the-winds-of-war. Recently, we revisited that discussion at BWG’s most recent cross-border payments teleconference, updating
BROADBAND PROVIDERS VS. GEORGIA LOCAL AUTHORITIES – 2026 SCORECARD
Some recent case law developments suggest that broadband providers in Georgia seeking access to local tower-siting facilities and public rights-of-way may face unanticipated hurdles. The first is T-Mobile South, LLC v. City of Roswell (rejecting T-Mobile’s multi-year
CONTENT REGULATION IN THE AGE OF MISINFORMATION. Part III. Plaintiffs at the Gates
The attached alert: “Content Regulation in the Age of Misinformation – Part III: Plaintiffs at the Gates”. Dates will follow soon. The attached alert discusses the recent California jury verdict finding Meta and Google liable for social media
THE HUNT FOR PERSONAL INFORMATION
FinCEN’s latest rule extends beneficial ownership reporting to all-cash real estate transactions — another step in what we call “The Hunt for Personal Information." Our recent Alert The Hunt for Personal Information explores the growing tension between
A FEDERAL-STATE AI PREEMPTION CONFLICT
As artificial intelligence (AI) regulation accelerates, an old federalism question is resurfacing: can the federal government preempt state AI laws absent congressional authorization? The Trump Administration has signaled a deregulatory, hands-off approach to AI, while threatening to preempt
RAISING START-UP CAPITAL IN A TIME OF UNCERTAINTY
Uncertainty appears to be the hallmark of today’s U.S. economy. While Covid is now (hopefully) behind us, rapidly changing Tariffs, supply chain disruptions from the trade war with China, inflation, high interest rates (albeit declining), and a government shutdown with
WESTERN SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA: EAST IS EAST & WEST IS WEST
This alert BWG-Sanctions-Update-9-17-25-Final summarizes our latest discussion at the continuing BWG Global teleconferences on Cross-Border payments (September 12, 2025). See https://bwgglobal.com/. For our prior discussions on this topic, please see https://wstelecomlaw.com/2025/07/u-s-sanctions-on-russia-anticipating-the-winds-of-war/. For details about these sanctions and their implications for
A TAX BY ANY OTHER NAME
In a landmark decision, Consumers’ Research t al. v. Federal Communications Commission, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals had found that the FCC’s assessment and collection of Universal Service Fund (USF) fees constituted an unconstitutional “tax,” thereby calling into question
U.S. Sanctions on Russia: Feeling the Winds of War
This alert BWG-Fireside-Chat-Negotiable-Hostilities-Sanctions-Update
EUROPEAN INVESTMENT IN U.S. WIRELESS INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION
This alert (see attached Foreign Investment 5-19-25 PDF) accompanied the presentation delivered by Walt Sapronov of our Firm on May 11, 2025, at the Center for International Legal Studies (CILS) Conference, Vienna, Austria (see attached European Investment 5-8-25 PDF). The