Broadcast Law Blog

MARCH 10, 2014

'The FCC has recently staked out a policy that the any use of EAS tones, or tones that sound like those alerts, outside of a real emergency, will lead to big fines. Since the beginning of the year, the FCC has issued notices proposing fines totaling over $2.2 million against some of the biggest media companies in the country for such violations (see this decision proposing a $300,000 fine against Turner Broadcasting System Inc. for tones mimicking the EAS alerts that were included in a commerci

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The Paralegal Resource

MARCH 18, 2014

In January, a US court turned down the open Internet regulations of the Federal Communications Commission or FCC, throwing a new challenge to the commission to create new neutral regulations for the Internet. The Commission is now gathering public opinion as a first step towards issuing fresh regulations.

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Paralegal Mentor

MARCH 7, 2014

In this episode of Biz Buddies for You , Vicki Voisin and Tina Hilton discuss ways to promote your business -- and increase your income -- by taking advantage of holidays. We discuss thoughts on adapting promotions to both traditional and non-traditional holidays. Vicki and Tina discuss: The beauty of special promotions Why you should tie your promotion to a holiday Ideas for holiday promotions How to locate holiday information Ideas for promotion offers What you need to do to prepare for a spec

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Broadcast Law Blog

MARCH 12, 2014

'An active political broadcasting season is already upon us, with things more likely to get even more hectic between now and November. Are you ready to handle all of the FCC’s political broadcasting obligations? We’ve prepared an updated Guide to the FCC’s political broadcasting rules in a question and answer format, and it is available here. We hope that this Political Broadcasting Guide will give you a primer on many of the questions that arise in any political broadcasting season so that y

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Speaker: Joe Stephens, J.D., Attorney and Law Professor

Get ready to uncover what attorneys really need from you when it comes to trial prep in this new webinar! Attorney and law professor, Joe Stephens, J.D., will share proven techniques for anticipating attorney needs, organizing critical documents, and transforming complex information into compelling case presentations. Key Learning Objectives: Organization That Makes Sense 🎯 Learn how to structure and organize case materials in ways that align with how attorneys actually work and think.

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Broadcast Law Blog

MARCH 6, 2014

'March is one of those few months on the FCC’s regulatory calendar where there are few routine filing deadlines. While stations that filed their renewal applications in February need to continue to run their post-filing announcements , and those that are going to file renewals in April (the end of the renewal cycle for radio stations) should be running their pre-filing announcements , the month is otherwise a quiet one.

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The Paralegal Resource

MARCH 18, 2014

The Freedom of Information Act or FOIA gives individuals a right to gain access to federal agency records, except those records or parts of them that are protected from being disclosed to the public. A paralegal or a legal assistant can make a FOIA request for any agency record, but only federal agencies come under FOIA. The government agencies that are covered under FOIA departments include the Defense Department or Budget and Management office.

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Broadcast Law Blog

MARCH 4, 2014

'While we hate to turn this into the JSA/SSA blog, it appears that events are moving quickly on that front, so there is seemingly some news almost every day. The week before last, the big news was comments of the Department of Justice filed with the FCC, suggesting that Joint Sales Agreements be attributable (meaning that they should count for multiple ownership purposes. i.e. you can’t do a JSA with another station in your market unless you can own that station), and that the FCC review

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Broadcast Law Blog

MARCH 11, 2014

'The agenda is out , and the FCC’s likely action on their Quadrennial Review of the multiple ownership rules now seems to be much clearer. And the decision seems likely to follow the rumors circulating in Washington for weeks (about which we have written here and here ), with new regulatory wrinkles added to those previously suggested. According to a blog post by the FCC Chairman , the plans are for the FCC to attribute JSAs where one TV broadcaster sells more than 15% of the ad time on anothe

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