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03 June 2013
Regulatory Advisory: OFAC Authorizes Certain Exports to Iran for Personal Communications

16 May 2013
FCC Chairman Appoints W&G Partner Kent Bressie to Communications Security, Reliability, and Interoperability Council

29 April 2013
Seven Wiltshire & Grannis Partners Selected to the 2013 “Washington, D.C. Super Lawyers” List; Thomas Connolly Ranked in Top 100 D.C. Lawyers

26 April 2013
W&G Partner Kent Bressie Speaks on Undersea Cable Regulation at SubOptic 2013 Conference in Paris

25 April 2013
Regulatory Advisory: FCC Further Reforms Its Foreign Ownership Rules for Wireless Licensees

23 April 2013
Regulatory Advisory: USTR Highlights Telecommunications-Trade Barriers in 2013 National Trade Estimate and Section 1377 Reports

12 April 2013
W&G Partner Kent Bressie to Speak on Undersea Cable Regulation at SubOptic 2013 in Paris, France

05 April 2013
NIST and NTIA Request Information on Cybersecurity Framework Incentives: Industry Has Significant Opportunity to Influence Regulatory Process

13 March 2013
Regulatory Advisory: FCC Seeks Comment on Proposal to Clarify Foreign Ownership Rules for Broadcast Media

12 March 2013
Regulatory Advisory: NIST Requests Information for Cybersecurity Framework: Industry Has Significant Opportunity to Influence Regulatory Process

08 March 2013
Regulatory Advisory: U.S. Treasury Department Sanctions Persons Facilitating Iranian Censorship

15 February 2013
Regulatory Advisory: President Issues Cybersecurity Executive Order: Agencies Take Preliminary Implementation Steps; Regulatory Burdens Loom

21 January 2013
FCC Adopts New International Reporting Requirements for All Undersea Cable Operators and Their Common-Carrier Customers

14 December 2012
W&G Partner Kent Bressie to Speak on National Security Issues at PTC ‘13 in Honolulu, Hawaii

28 November 2012
Regulatory Advisory: USTR Initiates Annual “Section 1377” Review of Compliance with Telecom-Trade Commitments

16 October 2012
Kent Bressie to Chair Regulatory Panel at 3rd Annual Latin America Submarine Cable Forum in Miami, Florida

11 October 2012
Regulatory Advisory: FCC Initiates Rulemaking to Reform Market-Entry Rules for Investors and Carriers from Non-WTO-Member Countries

31 August 2012
Kent Bressie to Give Keynote Address, Chair Legal Panel for Undersea Cable Workshop at ITU Green Standards Week in Paris

28 August 2012
Seven Wiltshire & Grannis Lawyers Recognized in 2013 Edition of Best Lawyers in America

17 July 2012
Regulatory Advisory: FCC Proposes Extraordinary Increases in the Annual Regulatory Fees Paid by International Undersea Cable Operators and Satellite Operators

19 June 2012
Regulatory Advisory: FCC Reform Proposals for Universal Service Fund Contribution Requirements Threaten International Undersea Cable Operators

11 June 2012
International Telecommunication Union appoints Kent Bressie to Joint Task Force investigating use of undersea telecommunications cables for ocean and climate monitoring and disaster warning

21 May 2012
Regulatory Advisory: Florida's Anti-Cuba Contract Act

03 May 2012
Regulatory Advisory: FCC Seeks Further Comment on Foreign Ownership Policies Under Section 310(b)(3)
The FCC has issued a Public Notice seeking further comment on its foreign ownership policies (“Foreign Ownership Notice”) in IB Docket No. 11-133.

12 April 2012
Kent Bressie to Speak about the National-Security and Foreign-Policy Regulation of Undersea Cables at International Cable Protection Committee in Lisbon, Portugal

11 April 2012
Regulatory Advisory: USTR Issues 2012 National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers and Section 1377 Review of Telecommunications Trade Agreements

18 January 2012
W&G Partners Kent Bressie and Patricia Paoletta Speak as Featured Participants at PTC ‘12 in Honolulu, Hawaii

28 November 2011
Six W&G Lawyers Recognized in the 2011 Edition of "Euromoney Legal Media Group’s Guide to the Leading Technology, Media and Telecommunications Lawyers"

05 October 2011
W&G Successfully Represents Level 3 Communications, Inc., to Obtain U.S. National Security and FCC Regulatory Approvals for Its Acquisition of Global Crossing Limited

30 August 2011
News Release: W&G Partner Kent Bressie to Chair Keynote Regulatory Panel at Submarine Networks World Conference in Singapore

20 July 2011
Regulatory Advisory: Update: FCC Seeks Comment on Draft Filing Manual for Proposed Section 43.62 Annual Reports, Sets Comment Deadlines for Pending Rulemaking
As described in a July 5, 2011 Wiltshire & Grannis Regulatory Advisory, the International Bureau has prepared and now seeks comment on a draft Manual for Filing Section 43.62 Annual Reports (“Draft Filing Manual”).

31 May 2011
W&G Represents Amper S.A. and eLandia International, Inc. to Obtain Timely Clearances from the CFIUS, Team Telecom, and the FCC for Amper’s Acquisition of eLandia
Wiltshire & Grannis LLP successfully represented both Spanish purchaser Amper S.A. and U.S. seller eLandia International, Inc. before the inter-agency Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, the Team Telecom agencies, and the Federal Communications Commission, with respect to Amper’s acquisition of eLandia and its telecommunications businesses in the territory of American Samoa, including Blue Sky Communications and the American Samoa Hawaii cable system.

4 April 2011
W&G Partner Kent Bressie to Speak about the Challenges of Hybrid Infrastructure at Plenary Meeting of International Cable Protection Committee in Singapore

2 March 2011
W&G Represents CFC to Obtain Historic Regulatory Approvals for Acquisitions of the Principal Cable Television Providers in the British Virgin Islands and St. Maarten
Wiltshire & Grannis LLP successfully represented National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation to obtain final regulatory approvals from British Virgin Islands and St. Maarten regulators to acquire BVI Cable T.V. Ltd. and St. Maarten Cable TV, the principal cable television providers in their respective territories, from Stan Springel, as Chapter 11 trustee for the bankruptcy estate of Innovative Communication Corporation.

15 December 2010
W&G Partner Kent Bressie to Speak as a Featured Participant at Pacific Telecommunications Council 2011, in Honolulu, Hawaii

9 December 2010
W&G Represents Tyco Electronics Ltd. to Obtain Timely Clearance from the CFIUS for the Acquisition of ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
Wiltshire & Grannis LLP successfully represented Tyco Electronics Ltd., and its subsidiary Tyco Electronics Minnesota, Inc., before the inter-agency Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States with respect to their acquisition of ADC Telecommunications, Inc.

08 July 2010
Kent Bressie Quoted re Bankruptcy Court Hearings in the U.S. Virgin Islands

18 June 2010
Kent Bressie Quoted in St. Croix Source re Acquisition of Vitelco and Innovative Cable by W&G Client CFC

12 May 2010
W&G Partner Kent Bressie Teaches Master Class at SubOptic 2010, the Premier Undersea Telecommunications Conference, in Yokohama, Japan
Wiltshire & Grannis LLP partner Kent Bressie has just completed teaching a master class, "Eight Myths About Undersea Cables, and Strategies for Dispelling Them to Achieve More Reasonable and Rational Regulation" at SubOptic 2010—the premier forum for the undersea telecommunications industry—in Yokohama, Japan.

06 May 2010
W&G Wins Regulator’s Unanimous Consent for Client CFC to Acquire Principal Telecom and Cable TV Providers in U.S. Virgin Islands
W&G successfully represented National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation in obtaining unanimous approval from the Public Services Commission of the U.S. Virgin Islands for CFC’s acquisition from Stan Springel, as Chapter 11 trustee for the bankruptcy estate of Innovative Communication Corporation, of the Virgin Islands Telephone Corporation and Innovative Cable TV.

12 April 2010
W&G Assists OPT in Obtaining Unprecedented FCC Waiver, Paving Way for High-Speed Internet Connectivity in French Polynesia
WG assisted client Office des Postes et télécommunications de Polynésie française (“OPT”)—the incumbent carrier in French Polynesia—in obtaining an unprecedented waiver of the structural separation requirement for international common carriers imposed by the FCC.

12 April 2010
W&G Partner Kent Bressie to Teach Master Class at SubOptic 2010, the Premier Undersea Telecommunications Conference, on May 11, 2010, in Yokohama, Japan
Mr. Bressie’s master class seeks to provide undersea cable operators, suppliers, and service providers with the tools for combating ignorance about undersea cables and thereby improving government policies and regulations, reducing infrastructure costs, and expediting deployment and repair timeframes.

08 December 2009
W&G Represents CFC in Obtaining Unconditional FCC and British Virgin Islands Government Approvals to Acquire ICC Businesses
W&G successfully represented National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation in obtaining unconditional approval from the FCC and the British Virgin Islands Government for CFC’s acquisition from Stan Springel, as Chapter 11 trustee for the bankruptcy estate of Innovative Communication Corporation, of the principal telecommunications and cable television providers in the U.S. Virgin Islands and the principal cable television provider in the British Virgin Islands.

05 November 2009
Kent Bressie Quoted in St. Thomas Source re W&G Client CFC's Proposed Acquisition of Vitelco and Innovative Cable TV.

01 October 2009
W&G Successfully Challenges Customs and Border Protection Proposal to Impose Coastal Trading Restrictions on Undersea Telecommunications-Related Activities
Following vigorous advocacy in a compressed timeframe by lawyers from Wiltshire & Grannis LLP, U.S. Customs and Border Protection has withdrawn its sweeping proposal to impose coastal trading restrictions on a variety of offshore activities, including undersea telecommunications-related activities.

04 September 2009
OFAC and BIS Issue New Regulations for Cuba Telecommunications Transactions
OFAC: New Rules for Financial Transactions Relating to the Provision of Telecommunications Services and Facilities Between the United States and Cuba

30 March 2009
W&G Team Leads Successful Effort to Reform FCC Fees for Undersea Cables
Following a multi-year effort led by a team of lawyers from Wiltshire & Grannis LLP, the FCC decided unanimously to reform the annual fees paid by undersea cable operators to the FCC in support of the FCC budget.

30 July 2007
Kent Bressie testifies as expert on Japanese telecommunications law and regulation in Asia Global Crossing bankruptcy

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University of Chicago Law School, J.D.

Stanford University, B.A., with distinction

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