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FCC Clarifies Rules on Extension of Broadcast Construction Permits Upon Sale to Qualified Entity

Broadcast Law Blog

As part of its order in it proceeding to encourage diversity in broadcast ownership , the FCC adopted a number of new rules , including a rule allowing parties holding construction permits for new broadcast stations to sell those permits to " qualified entities." Today, the FCC issued some clarifications of the new rule.

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FCC Clarifies Rules on Extension of Broadcast Construction Permits Upon Sale to Qualified Entity

Broadcast Law Blog

As part of its order in it proceeding to encourage diversity in broadcast ownership , the FCC adopted a number of new rules , including a rule allowing parties holding construction permits for new broadcast stations to sell those permits to " qualified entities." Today, the FCC issued some clarifications of the new rule.

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Op Ed: Reflections on the American Invents Act on its Tenth Year Anniversary 

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To provide greater fairness and consistency, I thought it important to change the claim construction standard for all patents in AIA trials to the Phillips standard used in federal district courts. . As expected for such complex policy and procedural matters, there was often little consensus on whether and what changes were needed.

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Australia’s statutist orthodoxy: High Court confirms the extraterritorial scope of the Australian Consumer Law in the Ruby Princess COVID-cruise case

Conflict of Laws

It is unsurprising then that Princess sought to defend the proceedings at a preliminary stage through litigation over where to litigate. The decision is significant not just for the litigants. ACL s 23 protects consumer contracts and small business contracts but not others.

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Climate Litigation Chart Updates – November 2016

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Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. Climate Litigation Chart (Update #92): FEATURED CASE. Association of Washington Business v. and non-U.S. 24, 2016).