Brian M. Lutz - Gibson, Dunn Crutcher LLP

Gibson Dunn Crutcher LLP Connected to Textron

Brian M. Lutz is an associate in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP.

He is a member of the firm's Litigation Department and serves as a member of the Diversity Committee.

Mr. Lutz has experience in a wide range of commercial litigation, with an emphasis on securities litigation. He also has significant experience in antitrust matters (both civil and criminal), corporate control contests, insurance/reinsurance coverage litigation, intellectual property disputes, and white collar defense. He has represented clients across a variety of industries, including investment banking, high tech, accounting, insurance, private equity, energy, and transportation.

Mr. Lutz received his Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School, where he served on the Board of Student Advisors and earned the Dean's Award for Outstanding Leadership. He received his Bachelor of Arts in History and Political Science from the University of Michigan, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. Mr. Lutz is admitted to practice law in New York and California.

Representative Matters


Textron Inc. – Currently representing Textron Inc. and certain of its subsidiaries, officers, and directors in a shareholder class action, ERISA class action, and shareholder derivative case relating to its Cessna and Textron Financial Corporation subsidiaries.


Citigroup – Currently representing Citigroup in antitrust litigation relating to the municipal derivatives industry.

Daimler AG – Currently representing the former directors of DaimlerChrysler in an adversary proceeding relating to the sale of a majority stake of Chrysler to the private equity firm Cerberus.

Hewlett-Packard – Represented the former Board members of Hewlett-Packard in a shareholder derivative action concerning payments to the Company’s former CEO. The district court granted a motion to dismiss the action in favor of our client, and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed that decision.


Marsh & McLennan – Represented Marsh & McLennan in various shareholder class and individual actions relating to brokerage practices and compensation disclosure. Several cases were successfully resolved on pre-trial motions.


Baker Capital – Represented Baker Capital in lawsuit concerning its investment in internet retailer Wine.com, which resulted in complete victory for Baker Capital after three week trial in San Francisco Superior Court.

Intel – Represented Intel in shareholder derivative litigation that was successfully resolved pre-trial.

Bear Stearns – Represented Bear Stearns in a shareholder class action alleging widespread manipulation of initial public offerings.

AIG – Represented AIG in several reinsurance arbitrations.

Schlumberger – Represented Schlumberger in various merger investigations that were successfully resolved.

Golden State Vintners – Represented former officer of Golden State Vintners in litigation challenging a merger. The district court granted our client’s motion to dismiss, and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed that decision.

Company Confidential – Represented major technology company whose former officers were the subject of a criminal antitrust investigation.

Company Confidential – Represented several major public companies, accounting firms, and individuals in SEC, FINRA and other regulatory investigations.

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KEY EXECUTIVES - AT&T INC (T)

Name	Board Relationships		Title	Age
Randall L. Stephenson		37 Relationships	Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman of Executive Committee	49
Rick Lindner		31 Relationships	Chief Financial Officer, Principal Accounting Officer and Senior Executive Vice President	55
Ralph de la Vega		106 Relationships	Chief Executive Officer of AT&T Mobility and Consumer Markets and President of Mobility & Consumer Markets	58
Jose M. Gutierrez	No Relationships		Chief Executive Officer of AT&T Advertising Solutions and President of AT&T Advertising Solutions	41
John Stankey	No Relationships		Chief Executive Officer of AT&T Business Solutions and President of AT&T Business Solutions	47
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BOARD MEMBERS - AT&T INC (T)

Name	Board Relationships		Primary Company	Age
Randall L. Stephenson		37 Relationships	AT&T, Inc.	49
Lynn M. Martin		150 Relationships	AT&T, Inc.	70
John B. McCoy		83 Relationships	Industry Capital Management, LLC	66
Gilbert F. Amelio Ph.D.		125 Relationships	GTX Corp	67
Jon C. Madonna		80 Relationships	Tidewater Inc.	66

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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES* - AT&T INC (T)

Committee Name	Chairperson	Board Relationships		Members
Audit Committee	Jon C. Madonna		80 Relationships	4 Executives
Nominating Committee	Lynn M. Martin		150 Relationships	4 Executives
Corporate Governance Committee	Lynn M. Martin		150 Relationships	4 Executives
Executive Committee	Randall L. Stephenson		37 Relationships	6 Executives
Finance Committee	John B. McCoy

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ATT and FCC Connections and Conflicts of Interest - Research Coming SOON..

At&t CEO — Randall L. Stephenson

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Randall L. Stephenson

Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President

Randall L. Stephenson is chairman of the board, chief executive officer and president of AT&T Inc. He was appointed to the position in 2007.

Since becoming chairman, Mr. Stephenson has strengthened AT&T's position as the world's largest telecommunications company and as a leader in mobile broadband and global IP data solutions. Today, AT&T has established leading positions in local search advertising, and is continuing to gain momentum in video entertainment.

Mr. Stephenson previously served as the company's chief operating officer, from April 2004 to June 2007, where he was responsible for all wireless and wired operations, and as senior executive vice president and chief financial officer for SBC Communications (today AT&T), from August 2001 to May 2004.

Mr. Stephenson was appointed to AT&T's board of directors in 2005.

Born in Oklahoma City, Mr. Stephenson began his career with Southwestern Bell Telephone in 1982 in the information technology organization in Oklahoma. He then progressed through a series of leadership positions including an assignment in Mexico City as SBC International's director of finance, overseeing SBC's ownership interest in Teléfonos de México. In 1996 he was named controller for SBC Communications. Additionally, Mr. Stephenson served as senior vice president-Consumer Marketing.

Under Mr. Stephenson's leadership, AT&T announced the largest education initiative in company history - AT&T Aspire - a $100 million philanthropic program to help strengthen student success and workforce readiness.

He is a member of the board of directors of Emerson Electric Co., a National Executive Board member of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) and chairman of the United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Campaign for 2011.

Leadership

AT&T Executive Bios

• Randall L. Stephenson
  Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President
• William A. Blase, Jr.
  Senior Executive Vice President – Human Resources
• James W. Cicconi
  Senior Executive Vice President – External and Legislative Affairs, AT&T Services, Inc
• Catherine M. Coughlin
  Senior Executive Vice President and Global Marketing Officer
• Ralph de la Vega
  President and Chief Executive Officer, AT&T Mobility and Consumer Markets
  
  
  
  
  • Richard G. Lindner
    Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  • Forrest E. Miller
    Group President – Corporate Strategy and Development
  • Ronald E. Spears
    Senior Executive Vice President – Executive Operations
  • John T. Stankey
    President and Chief Executive Officer, AT&T Business Solutions
  • Wayne Watts
    Senior Executive Vice President and General Counsel
  • Rayford Wilkins, Jr.
    Chief Executive Officer – AT&T Diversified Businesses
    
    
    
    
    
    

"FCC Expected to OK Cellphone Use of Satellite Airwaves

"WASHINGTON—Federal officials are likely to sign off Wednesday on plans allowing a satellite broadband start-up backed by private equity fund Harbinger Capital Partners to lease its airwaves for traditional mobile phones.

The Federal Communications Commission is expected to grant a request by the start-up, LightSquared, to drop a requirement that cellphones using satellite airwaves must be able to communicate with satellites. The request would be a major victory for Harbinger, which would be allowed to lease its airwaves to wireless companies like T-Mobile, a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom AG, for use by traditional cellphones or wireless gadgets instead of pricier satellite-enabled phones.

Lightsquared is a Virginia-based start-up funded mostly by Harbinger, a hedge fund founded by Philip Falcone, which has invested billions to launch a national broadband wireless network.

Some wireless phone companies have expressed concern about the request, since satellite spectrum has generally been auctioned off for much less money than other airwaves that are now used for cellphone service. CTIA, the wireless industry's trade group, said in December that it supports the flexible use of satellite airwaves but said the FCC should make those changes more broadly instead of helping one company.
More recently, makers and users of global positioning systems have raised concerns about LightSquared's proposal, saying that the use of those airwaves by cellphones could cause interference.

In mid-January, the Department of Homeland Security, Defense Department, Transportation Department and Commerce Department all raised concerns about GPS interference to the FCC. Granting the waiver "would create a new interference environment and it is incumbent on the FCC to deal with the resulting interference issues before any interference occurs," wrote Larry Strickling, the Commerce Department's Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information on Jan. 12, on behalf of the agencies.

FCC officials waived off government requests to postpone its approval of the waiver until after the GPS community's interference concerns had been addressed. An FCC official said the agency would set up a process "for LightSquared and the GPS community to work together to resolve the interference issue on an expedited basis." LightSquared must satisfy interference concerns before it can sell its service, an FCC official said.

A LightSquared spokesman declined to comment of the FCC's expected action.
Harbinger originally agreed to build a national wireless broadband network using Long Term Evolution (or LTE) technology that used both satellite and terrestrial airwaves. The FCC signed off on that plan last March, but only after Harbinger agreed to a last-minute condition that it would seek FCC approval before leasing airwaves to AT&T Inc. or Verizon Communications Inc., which operate the two largest wireless networks in the U.S.

FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski has said he wants to encourage more competition in the wireless phone market. The condition essentially makes it more difficult for AT&T or Verizon to lease airwaves from Harbinger's LightSquared than smaller competitors. AT&T is still challenging that FCC action.
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Deutsche Telekom, had been told hard to get into the US, Now Deutsche Telekom can with Harbinger...

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FCC poised to give LightSquared's satellite broadband venture a boost

By Cecilia Kang

Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, January 25, 2011; 6:05 PM

With a wave of new smartphones and tablet computers threatening to overwhelm wireless networks, the Federal Communications Commission is preparing to take another aggressive step to ease the growing capacity crunch.

On Wednesday, the agency is expected to grant a crucial waiver to Reston-based LightSquared that would pave the way for the firm to create a mobile network offering affordable broadband service based on satellite signals.

LightSquared, backed by billionaire Philip Falcone and his Harbinger Capital hedge fund, would be a rare new entrant to the U.S. wireless market, in which six out of 10 subscribers rely on broadband networks run by AT&T and Verizon Wireless.

FCC officials say they see LightSquared's proposal as a way to spur competition in the sector and have already granted an overall operating license to the firm.

"This is a promising opportunity to promote mobile broadband," said a FCC senior official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the waiver had not been formally approved. "LightSquared would be a new competitor and entrant into mobile broadband with new sources of capital and a new kind of business model that consumers find appealing."

If granted, the waiver would allow LightSquared to provide wireless broadband access without also having to sell satellite service. Such an exemption is key to LightSquared's ability to attract business customers who desire Web access but don't want to spend extra to lease satellite connections.

LightSquared's proposal, however, has met with opposition from global-positioning system operators and federal agencies, who have argued that the firm's service could knock out their signals. The FCC says that Lightsquared would be expected to resolve any concerns about GPS interference.

"We are requiring that the process be completed to the FCC's satisfaction before LightSquared offers commercial service under the waiver," according to the FCC official.

If granted, the waiver would follow other recent FCC moves aimed at freeing airwaves.

Earlier this month, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski said the agency would push to redeploy television broadcasters' unused airwaves from and redeploy that spectrum to meet exploding wireless demand that has been fueled by the surging popularity of iPads, Droids and other must-have handhelds.

For now, LightSquared does not plan to offer service directly to consumers. Instead, it would lease space on its network to a range of companies, such as Apple and WalMart, that might want to offer wireless devices under their own brands.

For some consumers, the plan could spell the end of long service contracts. And the FCC likes the idea of more options for wireless users, who have increasingly complained of billing confusion and penalties for leaving their contracts early. The plan could also enable gadgetmakers to break free from exclusive partnerships with the carriers that sell their devices.

"Lightsquared has several important arguments in its favor," said Rebecca Arbogast, an analyst at Stifel Nicolaus. "We understand the [GPS] interference issues are real and complex, but may be resolvable."

Lightsquared says filtering technology can be used to prevent interference with GPS service, and an FCC task force studying the issue is optimistic a resolution can be found.

"We have common interests here with the GPS Community and want to work with them," said Jeff Carlyle, an executive vice president at Lightsquared. "Devices on our network will have GPS technology, so why wouldn't we want to make sure it works?"

GPS providers, however, doubt that filtering technology will be enough and have presented studies and tests to the FCC that show of interference.

"Not only us, but other government agencies have strong concerns of interference potential," said F. Michael Swiek, executive director of the U.S. GPS Industry Council. "That should be enough caution to say let's take a deep breath, let's not rush down that road."

The departments of Defense, Transportation and Homeland Security have all voiced concerns about possible GPS disruptions, and earlier this month, Commerce Department assistant secretary Lawrence Strickling wrote to Genachowski, saying LightSquared's proposal needs more time to be examined.

Slowing down the process is exactly what the FCC and LightSquared want to avoid, analysts say. LightSquared told the FCC it would commit $20 million for interference tests.

The FCC's decision on the waiver comes at a critical time for LightSquared, Falcone and his backers at Harbinger, who together have sunk more than $2.9 billion into the venture and are facing pressure from investors to produce returns on the broadband investment.



With more than $1 billion in debts and a $7 billion commitment by Nokia to build out the ground network, LightSquared has promised investors and regulators to build a network that will cover up to 100 million Americans by the end of 2012 and 260 million by 2016.

Source

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/25/AR2011012505297.html

Notes.. Falcone in bed with the FCC, the FCC is humoring the NTIA.. to appease the Median and GPS. .truth is FCC wants Falcone in cuz of connections.. and spectrum use deals..