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Top Oregon administrative judge faces pornography allegations

ABA Journal

Oregon’s chief administrative law judge is on unpaid leave as he faces child pornography allegations. Chief Administrative Law Judge John Michael Mann, 56, was arrested…

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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: May 7, 2022 to May 13, 2022

Broadcast Law Blog

Following a “paper hearing” designed to speed FCC decisions when cases require fact finding by an FCC administrative law judge, a judge found that a convicted felon’s crimes were not serious enough to warrant his company’s losing its radio licenses. Press Release )( Section by Section summary )( Text of Legislation ).

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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: April 10 to April 14, 2023

Broadcast Law Blog

The Media Bureau subsequently initiated a hearing before an FCC Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) to determine whether, based on these crimes, the licensee’s license should be revoked. For similar reasons, the Bureau also proposed to fine an Oregon LPTV station $1,500 for failing to file a timely license renewal application.

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Nike Initiates ITC Proceeding to Block adidas From Importing “Infringing” Primeknit Sneakers

The Fashion Law

The result, according to the Beaverton, Oregon-based behemoth? Unlike district court litigation, which can take several years to reach a trial date, a case filed before the ITC can proceed to an evidentiary hearing before an administrative law judge in eight to nine months.”.

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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: March 13 to March 17, 2023

Broadcast Law Blog

As we’ve reported in previous weekly updates, the FCC’s Media Bureau has issued a hearing designation order referring questions about Standard General Broadcasting’s proposed acquisition of the TEGNA broadcast stations to an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) for an evidentiary hearing.

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Former Oregon Judge Sentenced for Child Sexual Abuse

The Crime Report

Judge John Michael Mann, a former chief administrative law judge in Oregon, has been sentenced to 38 months in prison after pleading guilty to 10 counts of encouraging child sexual abuse, Debra Cassens Weiss reports for ABA Journal. Eight of those counts also resulted in a five-year probation period.

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Will former top administrative judge be third Oregon attorney to receive probation in a child porn case?

ABA Journal

A May 11 sentencing date has been set for Oregon’s former top administrative law judge after his guilty plea to encouraging child sexual abuse