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,

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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),

Part II: The Evolving Legal, Political, and Regulatory Landscape We are pleased to announce that the recording our webinar, “Content Regulation in the Age of Misinformation Part II” is scheduled for April 29, 2025. This webinar continues the discussion in Part I of our series: “Content Regulation in the Age of Misinformation”.  See https://wstelecomlaw.com/2023/06/part-i-of-our-new-online-content-regulation-series-is-now-available As in Part I, the discussion will continue reviewing content regulation of social media

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

Continuing with our webinars for Thomson Reuters/West LegalED, our recent one on the important Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals decision, Consumers’ Research v. FCC, was recorded on October 24, 2024.  A copy of the recording and related materials are available at  westlegaledcenter.com A copy of the accompanying alert may be found at  A-Tax-By-Any-Other-Name.-10.23.24.pdf. 

Our Firm has moderated a number of webinars on “net neutrality” for Thomson Reuters, WestLegal Center. The first of these discussed the Republican FCC’s dismantling of the Obama-era 2015 rules by the Restoring Internet Freedom Order.  see  https://westlegaledcenter.com/program_guide/course_detail.jsf?videoCourseId=100204569&ADMIN_PREVIEW=true.  See the Presentation Materials. The second held last December, 2023, discussed the FCC’s proposed reinstatement of those 2015 Rules. Search: https://westlegaledcenter.com/search/advancedCLESearchCriteriaForm.jsf?applicationSection=3 with keyword Redux or see PDF-screenshot. See Presentation Materials. The

Walt Sapronov of our Firm will be a Speaker/Moderator at the upcoming Connect(x) event sponsored by the Wireless Industry Association.https://www.connectivityexpo.com/speakers/walt-sapronov/  His discussion topic will be “Overcoming DAS and In-Building Challenges in Large Venues” https://www.connectivityexpo.com/schedule/overcoming-das-and-in-building-challenges-in-large-venues/. For a copy of the presentation materials, please see Connect-X-Combined-Presentation-5-13-24.pdf The discussion will address the complexities of negotiating in-building distributed antenna systems (DAS) and other wireless infrastructure in stadiums and other venues. For

Walt Sapronov of our Firm recently delivered a presentation for the Center for International Legal Studies (CILS) Conference in Bad Gastein, Austria - Challenges to Legal Services in a changing World. See Conference Agenda at Attachment;  https://cils.org/conferences.php. Walt’s topic was dealing with Russia in Today’s Geopolitical Climate.  See highlights of his discussion Attached. For a copy of the accompanying client alert, please see see Attachment.