In a recent important decision, Consumers’ Research t al. v. Federal Communications Commission, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals where the court found that the FCC’s assessment and collection of Universal Service Fund (USF) fees constituted an unconstitutional “tax.” In the latest development, on August 23, 2024, the FCC filed an unopposed motion with the Fifth Circuit for a stay of its decision, which the Court

Important Update: 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.  See  attached document.  The U.S. government has appealed the decision to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Our assessment of the case, likely future appeals

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 3. “REXIT – Doing Business With (or Leaving) Russia.”  See Attachment C and C-Alert. Negotiable Hostilities, Part 4.   “REXIT Roadmap – Managing Contract and Investment

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 next with online content regulation. Please see the attached Alert.

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 Vice President’s son. It is written by one of the “authors” of Section 230, our long-time friend and well-known (now retired) attorney Bob Butler. The attached

The attached Client Alert: https://wstelecomlaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2020-Sapronov-Associates-P.C-A-Special-Political-Alert-The-2020-Presidential-Election.pdf

The attached Client Alert:https://wstelecomlaw.com/2019-04-sapronov-associates-p-c-political-alert-midterm-elections-telecom/  

The attached Client Alert: https://wstelecomlaw.com/2020/10/the-2012-preside…lecommunications/

The attached Client Alert: https://wstelecomlaw.com/2008-sapronov-associates-p-c-political-alert-2008/

Walt Sapronov & Paul Kouroupas of our Firm recently moderated a webinar for Thomson Reuters addressing the current regulatory framework for foreign investment in U.S. telecommunications markets, with emphasis on doing business with Russia.  Speakers include Dan Pickard (Wiley Rein), James Wholey (Phillips Lytle) and Maxim Khlopotin (Sapronov & Associates). The webinar, “Negotiable Hostilities: Doing Telecom Deals with Russia in the Sanctions Era,” is now available

The attached Client Alert: https://wstelecomlaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2019-04-Sapronov-Associates-P.C.-Political-Alert-Midterm-Elections-Telecom.pdf

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