Broadcast Law Blog
DECEMBER 12, 2012
The CALM Act , meant to end the dreaded " loud commercial ," is set to go into effect tomorrow, December 13. We summarized the requirements for compliance with the Act here. Basically, TV stations must adopt certain practices set out in a series of standards known as A/85 Recommended Practice , adopted by the ATSC (the Advanced Television Standards Committee).
The Paralegal Resource
DECEMBER 19, 2012
What is defined as a paralegal? Are they legal secretaries or something more? There are many community colleges that offer degrees to someone as a paralegal. Typically, it can be an associate's degree or a post-bachelor degree. That said, what more is important for such a person to excel?
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The Paralegal Resource
DECEMBER 17, 2012
When a debtor satisfies or settles a judgment, the creditor must, or at least should, file a proof of satisfaction at the court where the judgment was filed. Some states have strict time limits on when to file a satisfaction - for instance, 2 weeks or 30 days - while other states do not have any time limits. An advantage of such a time limit is, that a debtor should quickly be relieved of having a judgment debt hanging around.
The Paralegal Resource
DECEMBER 17, 2012
A nondisclosure agreement, which is also referred to as a confidentiality agreement, a proprietary information agreement or a confidential disclosure agreement, is a legally-binding contract formulated between at least two parties to outline confidential material, intelligence or any information that the parties wish to share with one another, but wish to restrict access to by third parties and the general public.
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Broadcast Law Blog
DECEMBER 17, 2012
The Copyright Royalty Board has announced the royalties that will be paid for the public performance of sound recordings by Sirius XM for the period 2013-2017. The decision also covers the " Preexisting Subscription Services ", i.e. Music Choice in connection with its cable radio service delivered with listener's cable television packages.
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Broadcast Law Blog
DECEMBER 11, 2012
As personal marijuana use becomes decriminalized in the states of Washington and Colorado, we once again repeat our warning to broadcasters who may be looking to pot sales as a new source of advertising revenue – remember that the Federal government still thinks that the drug is illegal. The US Attorney's Office in Seattle has reportedly issued a statement reminding residents in Washington State of that fact, and told Washingtonians that the Department of Justice plans to enforce Federal l
Broadcast Law Blog
DECEMBER 10, 2012
The FCC's multiple ownership proceeding was going to be decided at last, before Christmas, or at least that was what was suggested by many news reports as recently as early last week. Published reports suggested that a draft proposal was circulating at the FCC, and that it was expected to be acted on in December – perhaps at or before next week's open meeting.
Broadcast Law Blog
DECEMBER 4, 2012
The FCC offered its solution for the remaining conflicts between LPFM advocates, applicants for new FM translators from the 2003 FM translator window, and full-power FM stations with a series of orders approved by the FCC at its open meeting on Friday. We wrote about some of the issues on the table for the FCC's resolution most recently, here. The full decision rendered on Friday as to FM translator processing was just made available moments ago , and we will analyze it shortly.
Broadcast Law Blog
DECEMBER 2, 2012
Several months ago, a panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals created shockwaves throughout the noncommercial broadcasting community by holding that the Communications Act's prohibitions against the sale of advertising time by noncommercial stations was unconstitutional when applied to political advertising. That decision may be short-lived, as the full Court of Appeals, in reviewing the decision of the initial three judge panel, has indicated that the case should not be relied on as precede
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Broadcast Law Blog
DECEMBER 7, 2012
An Australian radio team was reported to have called the hospital where Princess Kate - Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge - was being treated. This prank has now apparently had tragic consequences , in that the nurse from whom the team received information has seemingly committed suicide. Even before the unexpected terrible outcome was known, it was very clear that this broadcast was not the type of gag that US broadcasters should imitate.
The Paralegal Resource
DECEMBER 14, 2012
We often "Resisting an Executive Officer" (Penal Code ? 69), also known as "Resisting Arrest," as a trumped-up charge, meant to spite a defendant who was so audacious as to question the perhaps unclear authority of a police officer. Penal Code ? 69 breaks up "resisting an executive officer" into two definitions, each of which can be charged as a felony.
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