TELECOMMUNICATIONS
DEALS FOR CARRIERS
Conference in Detail
Friday • July 30, 2004
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| 8:30 | What’s Coming Next? A Regulatory Update — Federal and State Policy Initiatives Following the DC Circuit’s USTA II Decision |
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| • FCC response to USTA II remand; revisions to UNE list; other key items on the FCC’s agenda |
Michelle Carey, Esq. Chief of Policy Division Federal Communications Commission Washington, DC |
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| • Status of impairment findings and other sub-delegations to state commissions; activities and trends at the state level |
The Hon. Loretta M. Lynch, Esq. California State Public Utilities Commission San Francisco, CA |
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| 10:00 | Break |
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| 10:15 | Pole Attachments and Building Access Pole attachment, building, conduit and rights-of-way access issues involving utilities and telecom carriers; regulatory issues and negotiation tips |
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Telecommunications carrier perspective |
Chad S. Wachter, Esq. Knology, Inc. West Point, GA |
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Utility perspective |
Grant Guera, Esq. Pacific Gas & Electric San Francisco, CA |
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Public and private real estate perspective |
Gerry Lederer, Esq. Miller & Van Eaton P. L. L. C. Washington, DC |
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| 12:00 | Lunch (on your own) |
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| 1:15 | Outsourcing and Transactions Involving Intellectual Property or the Internet |
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| • Deal points for outsourcing of telecom and IT services, equipment, software and other functions; licensing and other IP considerations |
William G. Roche, Esq. King & Spalding LLP Atlanta, GA |
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| • Integrated services and equipment agreements; web-based contracting |
Robert J. Butler, Esq. Wiley Rein & Fielding LLP Washington, DC |
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| 2:45 | Break |
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| 3:00 | Remedies |
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| • Update on key case decisions; implications for deciding whether to litigate or pursue regulatory relief; jurisdictional and appeals’ process considerations |
Caroline N. Mitchell, Esq. Jones Day San Francisco, CA |
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Antitrust actions after Goldwasser and Convad decisions |
Harvey I. Saferstein, Esq. Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo P.C. San Francisco, CA |
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FCC remedies |
Brian T. FitzGerald, Esq. LeBoeuf Lamb Greene & MacRae L.L.P. Albany, NY |
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| 5:00 | Adjourn |
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