Broadcast Law Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2014

'Social media and other digital platforms are playing a more and more important part of the business of traditional media companies. In the last few weeks, I’ve participated in two seminars, looking at the legal issues that arise in these areas. At the Winter Convention of the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association , I conducted a seminar outlining the legal issues that broadcasters need to consider in their digital media endeavors.

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The Paralegal Resource

FEBRUARY 28, 2014

PacerPro is an online interface for lawyers and legal professionals to search, save or share case documents and was launched in 2012. It has now been made a free service. PacerPro helps access the PACER system used in federal courts and then allows you to manage those documents. PACER is an acronym for Public Access to Court Electronic Records and allows its users to get docket and case details from the US district courts, bankruptcy courts and courts of appeals.

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Paralegal Mentor

FEBRUARY 28, 2014

The Apostrophe Fail By Kathy Sieckman, PP, PLS, ACP I think the number one all time grammar fail is the apostrophe. It is not a punctuation mark for making words plural (more than one of something). Instead, it is a mark to show possession (ownership of something) or to show where letters are missing in a contraction (such as "don't"). There is a test that may make it a little easier to determine if something needs an apostrophe for possession: Look for the possible possessive phrase:– the man['

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Paralegal Essentials

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

Here are the answers to yesterday’s quiz on discovery: 1. All of the ones on the form may be used, but it is best to use only the ones that are relevant to the subject matter of the lawsuit. 2. 35. 3. 30 days plus 5 days for mailing if the interrogatories were served by mail. 4. 30 days plus 5 days for mailing if the interrogatories were served by mail. 5.

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Broadcast Law Blog

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

'It is a new year, and the FCC is starting with a new round of EEO audits. Letters to over 280 affected radio and TV stations went out late last week, and the FCC’s Public Notice of the audit, listing all of the affected stations, has just been released. The Commission has pledged to audit 5% of all broadcast stations and cable systems each year to assure their compliance with the Commission’s EEO rules – requiring wide dissemination of information about job openings and non-vacancy spec

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Broadcast Law Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

'50 years ago the Beatles invaded America, stacking up Number 1 hit records by the dozens, and creating music that, even today, remains incredibly popular with many Americans. But go to many of the interactive or on-demand music services, like Spotify, and search for Beatles music, and what will you find? Mostly cover tunes by sound-alike bands rather than the original hits.

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Broadcast Law Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

'In a decision released this week , the FCC fined a Chicago radio station $44,000 for omitting sponsorship identification announcements on 11 on-air spots promoting the positions of the sponsoring organization on certain issues facing the local community. Finding that the purpose of the sponsorship identification rules (Section 317 of the Communications Act and Section 73.1212 of the FCC rules) is to allow the station’s listeners to know who is trying to convince them of whatever is being broad

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Broadcast Law Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

'Only two weeks ago, we were writing about the FCC’s consideration of TV Joint Sales and Shared Service Agreements (or “ side-car arrangements ” as some have called them) as being an issue that was just being reviewed at the FCC by the new Chairman and his staff. Now, according to press reports (including this one) , the exploration has quickly moved much further – so far that we apparently will see FCC action in the very near future on these very controversial subjects.

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Broadcast Law Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

'In a decision released yesterday , the FCC proposed to fine a station and gave it a short-term license renewal as the station could not demonstrate that it had served the needs and interests of its community. Why? Because the station had been silent for much of the renewal term – only turning on for a short time every now and then – enough to avoid having its license cancelled for being silent for more than a year.

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Broadcast Law Blog

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

'Last night’s Super Bowl didn’t offer much in the way of excitement on the field, as the game was seemingly over by the end of the first half. But, for the last decade, the half-time show itself may offer some anxiety to the stations carrying the game. 10 years ago, Janet Jackson had her infamous Super Bowl wardrobe malfunction incident which started a firestorm at the FCC for the next several years, as it ignited many calls to more aggressively regulate indecency on the airwaves.

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Broadcast Law Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2014

'On Friday, the FCC announced an extension of the deadline by which reply comments are to be filed in the proceeding to look at ways in which to revitalize AM radio. Almost 150 comments were filed in the FCC’s proceeding to look at ways to revitalize the AM band. Because of the volume of the filings, the Association of Federal Communications Consulting Engineers asked for more time to analyze these comments and prepare a reply pleading.

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Paralegal Essentials

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

Check your basic understanding of California’s discovery rules. Take the following quiz. 1. How many Form Interrogatories may you request on the form approved by the California Judicial Council? 2. How many Special Interrogatories may you request without attaching a declaration? 3. How long does a party have to respond to interrogatories? 4.

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The Paralegal Resource

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

The looming deadline at the end of this month, has caused House Republicans to seek meager concessions to push the debt ceiling and now they are looking at using their political edge to leverage other issues.

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Paralegal Mentor

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

Rebecca Garland is the Executive Director of Conflict Resolution Services, Inc., in Traverse City, Michigan where she specializes in family law and alternative dispute resolution. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology/Criminal Justice and a Masters of Business Administration. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. What prompted you to choose a paralegal career? When I started college, I thought I wanted to be a prison guard for the state of Michigan.

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The Paralegal Resource

FEBRUARY 28, 2014

In a development that would come as a relief for the Obama administration, the House of Representatives voted in favor of raising the government's borrowing limit unconditionally till March next year. The raising of the debt ceiling was a decision made by the speaker in what was a very close contest, with the result being 221-201. The victory came as a surprise in a house dominated by the Republicans.

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