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The Paralegal Society
NOVEMBER 3, 2016
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The Paralegal Society
NOVEMBER 3, 2016
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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
NOVEMBER 20, 2016
Flags of the 197 parties to the UNFCCC outside the blue zone at COP22. For the last two weeks, representatives of almost 200 countries have been in Marrakech for the 22 nd Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, known as COP22. Coming into the conference, there were high hopes that it would be the “COP of Action,” with countries working to implement the Paris Agreement, reached at COP21 last year.
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Broadcast Law Blog
NOVEMBER 29, 2016
Tomorrow afternoon eastern time, I will be conducting a webinar for at least 20 state broadcast associations on legal issues for broadcasters in their social and digital media efforts. We’ll talk about many of the potential legal landmines that can be hidden in these new media efforts, many of which we have written about here before. These will include, but by no means be limited to, issues with the unauthorized use of photos on station websites and mobile apps , the need for captioning of onl
LegalTalkNetwork
NOVEMBER 16, 2016
Legal Talk Network announces that the Lawyerist Podcast joins the network on November 16th. Denver, CO – Legal Talk Network is pleased to announce that the Lawyerist Podcast officially comes to Legal Talk Network on November 16th. Hosted by Lawyerist Editor in Chief Sam Glover and CEO Aaron Street, The Lawyerist Podcast is a weekly show about lawyering and law practice in which Sam and Aaron have conversations with successful lawyers and interesting people. “We are excited to be work
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LawActually
NOVEMBER 4, 2016
Featured Post We recently talked about what you should do if you find yourself injured at work. In the minutes and hours that follow your injury, there are a number of things you must make sure get accomplished. These include documenting the accident and speaking with a qualified legal representative. It’s good to prepare to do these things before you ever get injured, in fact.
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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
NOVEMBER 12, 2016
A Nissan LEAF electric car on display in the green zone. The first week of COP22 – the 22 nd meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Marrakech – is drawing to a close. Most days this week have begun with a plenary session, at which country representatives can make statements, outlining their position on key issues.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
NOVEMBER 10, 2016
The Marrakech Pavilion where COP22 and CMA1 plenary sessions are held. As regular readers of this blog know, I am currently attending COP22 – the 22 nd Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) – in Marrakech. Joining me are thousands of government officials and third-party observers, mostly from the United Nations, other international organizations, and non-governmental bodies, who have converged on the city for two weeks of talks.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
NOVEMBER 8, 2016
The ‘Little Sun’ solar lamp distributed to participants at COP22. Morocco isn’t often thought of as an environmental leader. But, having spent the last few days in Marrakech, I now realize that it should be. On checking into my hotel, I was told that all lights are on a timer, “so we save electricity.” Riding on one of the city’s “100% electric zero emission” buses, I noticed that much of the public lighting is solar powered.
Broadcast Law Blog
NOVEMBER 21, 2016
The FCC released an order last week giving TV stations an additional 18 months to comply with a requirement that emergency information conveyed to the TV audience during non-news programming in a visual or graphical manner (e.g. on-screen weather maps during entertainment programming) be converted to audio that is broadcast on the TV station’s SAP channel.
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Broadcast Law Blog
NOVEMBER 20, 2016
RMLC , the organization that represents most commercial radio stations in the US in negotiating music license agreements for the public performance of musical compositions, has filed an antitrust lawsuit against GMR (Global Music Rights ). GMR is a new performing rights organization (PRO), founded by music industry heavyweight Irving Azoff. As we wrote here and here , GMR has signed agreements to represent songs from the catalogs of many prominent songwriters, including Adele, Taylor Swift, som
Broadcast Law Blog
NOVEMBER 15, 2016
The FCC yesterday issued a Public Notice reminding all TV broadcasters ( full-power, LPTV, translator and Class A stations, both commercial and noncommercial, if they have digital operations ) that they must, by December 1 , file a report as to whether or not they provide ancillary and supplementary services through their broadcast spectrum. If they do provide such services, they must pay a fee of 5% of gross revenues received by the TV station for such services.
Broadcast Law Blog
NOVEMBER 11, 2016
The protection of brands, slogans, positioning statements and program titles must be a high priority of any electronic media company. These assets establish the identity of any broadcaster, webcaster or other media company. Media companies need to protect these assets through the rights accorded by trademark law. We have been running a series of articles on trademark law – including our five part series on the Basics of Trademarks (Part 5, which links to the other 4, is here ).
Broadcast Law Blog
NOVEMBER 8, 2016
With Election Day finally upon us, we wait in anticipation (and with a fair amount of nail biting) as the fate of our country is decided. But that doesn’t mean there isn’t room for some trademark fun, looking at how law and trademarks can collide. But first, a reminder — don’t forget to dial into our upcoming Trademark Basics webinar, Tuesday, November 15 th at 1pm Eastern Time for a live overview of the many issues we have discussed in the last few weeks.
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Broadcast Law Blog
NOVEMBER 7, 2016
At the end of last week, the press reported on the jury verdict finding Rolling Stone magazine to be liable for defamation for its story, later retracted, about a gang rape at the University of Virginia. The case was brought by a University administrator who was portrayed negatively, including making her sound as if she had been indifferent or dismissive of the alleged rape, which evidence later showed to be untrue.
Broadcast Law Blog
NOVEMBER 4, 2016
Earlier this year, the FCC decided not to adopt a proposal that would have required at least one broadcast station in each community to provide emergency alerts to local listeners who do not speak English. The FCC decision deciding to not mandate multilingual EAS alerts is here , and our article on the initial proposal is here. Many issues were raised as to how any mandate could be implemented as emergency alerts, by their very nature, are usually unplanned.
Broadcast Law Blog
NOVEMBER 2, 2016
While much of the broadcast industry’s attention has been focused on the designation for hearing of Entercom’s license for the Sacramento radio station involved in the contest that went very much wrong (see our article here ), many have not focused on a case that one might think would be far more appropriate for a judge to sort out. This case involved an individual named Brian Dodge who, according to a settlement agreement ( available here ) reached with the FCC’s Media Bureau and announced las
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
NOVEMBER 1, 2016
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. and non-U.S. climate litigation charts. If you know of any cases we have missed, please email us at columbiaclimate at gmail dot com. Here are the additions to the U.S. Climate Litigation Chart (Update #92): FEATURED CASE.
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Broadcast Law Blog
NOVEMBER 1, 2016
Section 512 of the Copyright Act provides a safe harbor for Internet service providers whose systems are used to transmit content created by third parties which infringes on copyrights. The provisions apply not only to common-carrier like services that merely transmit third-party content, but also to websites and other digital services that allow users to post material onto the service provider’s own sites – services like YouTube or Facebook whose very businesses are built on the ability of ind
Broadcast Law Blog
NOVEMBER 28, 2016
While we are into the holiday season, that does not stop the routine regulatory obligations for broadcasters. December 1 brings a host of routine obligations for stations in many states. EEO public file reports must be added to the public files of Commercial and Noncommercial Full-Power and Class A Television Stations and AM and FM Radio Stations in Alabama , Colorado , Connecticut , Georgia , Maine , Massachusetts , Minnesota , Montana , New Hampshire , North Dakota , Rhode Island , South Dakot
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
NOVEMBER 18, 2016
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry at COP22. On Wednesday, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Marrakech for the 22 nd meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), known as COP22. Hundreds queued for hours in the hot Marrakechi sun for an opportunity to hear Secretary Kerry speak at what will likely be his last COP in public office.
Broadcast Law Blog
NOVEMBER 9, 2016
Early this week, in some of the legal journals that circulate in Washington, there was much speculation as to potential appointees to various government positions after the election. For positions such as the chairman of the FCC, many of these publications listed familiar DC names as likely appointees if, as expected by most pundits, Hillary Clinton was elected president.
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