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 no end in sight, are all making it difficult for early-stage (“Start Up”) companies to secure much-needed financing. The attached alert discusses common mistakes made by

  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 cross-border financial transfers, please see our “Negotiable Hostilities” alerts/webinars (sponsored by Thomson Reuters West LegalEd Center) at https://wstelecomlaw.com/2023/08/negotiable-hostilities-webinars/.

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 the future of the fund. On June 27, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) released its long-awaited decision reversing the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals decision,

       This alert BWG-Fireside-Chat-Negotiable-Hostilities-Sanctions-Update

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 discussion is focused on European investment in U.S. wireless infrastructure in the current U.S. (“Trump 2.0”) Administration.  With the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence (AI),

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 and Congress is attached at  POLITICAL-ALERT-2024-Elections-12-5-24-Final.pdf

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. See attached document. The U.S. government appealed the decision  to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.  Since then, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals at

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/