Advisory: FCC Adopts Network Neutrality Rules
On December 23, 2010, the Federal Communications Commission released a Report and Order adopting "network neutrality" or "open Internet" rules applicable to broadband Internet access service providers.[1] All parts of these…
Privacy Update: FTC and Commerce Reports Propose Revised Privacy Guidelines
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Commerce released long-expected reports on privacy in December. Both reports propose new, significant frameworks for privacy protection, the FTC emphasizing consumer…
Critique of November 2010 Presidential Order on the Enforcement of Export Controls
The Export Practitioner As part of a broad export control reform initiative, President Obama issued an executive order November 10, 2010, establishing an enforcement coordination center. In the lead article…
W&G Partner Kent Bressie to Speak as a Featured Participant at Pacific Telecommunications Council 2011, in Honolulu, Hawaii
WASHINGTON, D.C., December 15, 2010 Wiltshire & Grannis LLP partner Kent Bressie will serve as a panelist in the feature session "Submarine Cable Developments in the Pacific" at Pacific Telecommunications…
W&G Represents Tyco Electronics Ltd. to Obtain Timely Clearance from the CFIUS for the Acquisition of ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
Wiltshire & Grannis LLP ("W&G") successfully represented Tyco Electronics Ltd. ("TE"), and its subsidiary Tyco Electronics Minnesota, Inc. ("TE Minnesota"), before the inter-agency Committee on Foreign Investment in the United…