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: Anticipating 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
IMPACT OF THE 2024 ELECTIONS ON TELECOM POLICIES
As in prior election years, we have published a special alert on the impact of federal elections on U.S. telecommunications and broadband policies. Our alert on this impact following the 2024 elections and new Republican control of the White House
CTA: Synopsis and Financial Implications
Important Updates: On December 3, 2024, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas granted a nationwide preliminary injunction against the enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) and stayed the CTA’s upcoming January 1, 2025 reporting deadline.
Negotiable Hostilities Webinars
Negotiable Hostilities, Part 1. “Doing Telecom Deals with Russia in the Sanctions Era.” See Attachment A and A-Alert. Negotiable Hostilities, Part 2. “Telecom Deals with Foreign Investors in the Current Administration.” See Attachment B and B-Alert. Negotiable Hostilities, Part
Regulatory Alert
As a follow up to our recent webinar, “Content Regulation in the Age of Misinformation”, here is a an Alert briefly discussing the outcome of the Gonzalez and Twitter cases before the U.S. Supreme Court – and what’s coming up
A SPECIAL CLIENT ALERT – THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: Politics And Telecommunications. “The Death of the Good Samaritan (maybe)”
Following up on our special client alert on the 2020 Presidential election, we are pleased to distribute a guest editorial on Section 230 of the Communications Act, now at the center of the controversy between the candidates involving the former