Broadcast Law Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

In the last two days, several radio and television stations across the country had their station's EAS systems hacked – and ended up broadcasting alerts dealing with zombie attacks that went out using the standard EAS systems and appeared or sounded to the viewer or listener to be real alerts. The FCC and others involved in the EAS program fear that other fake alerts have already been inserted into stations' systems and may be broadcast soon – perhaps during events like the State of

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The Legaco Express

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

An analysis conducted by the CEB , a member-based advisory company, based on a recent survey of 180 in-house departments with the objective of examining different practices among comparable units but with very different expense levels, concluded that, to increase efficiency, legal departments should: Related Links: 5 Strategies for a More Cost-Effective Legal Department.

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The Paralegal Resource

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

Use of paralegals can be traced back to the 1960s when the government, law firms and the American Bar Association recognized the need to increase public access to legal services by providing such services at more widely affordable rates. At the time, most early paralegals were experienced legal secretaries who received extra on-the-job training to increase their legal knowledge and to gain the skills necessary to perform more complex legal tasks that had previously been considered within attorne

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Broadcast Law Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

Many of the thousands of FM translators that have been pending since 2003 may be approaching the finish line to be granted very soon. The FCC has issued a Public Notice announcing that over 700 applications are now ready to be granted. The applications that are identified on the list are " singletons ", or applications that are not mutually exclusive with any other application.

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Broadcast Law Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

The first EEO audit of 2013 was announced by the FCC today - hitting about 200 radio stations and about 85 TV stations this time around (the list of stations to be audited is here ). 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 specific supplemental efforts to educate their communities about job opportunities i

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The Paralegal Resource

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

Developers are taking advantage of Android's open source platform which is based on a modified version of the Linux kernel. For all you non-geeky types out there, Linux is an operating system released under the GNU General Public License 2, meaning it's free and open source software developed by contributors worldwide.

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The Legaco Express

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

Kristina Gjerde is an expert on the legal aspects of marine conservation and is an advisor for the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Maritime law is a challenging area of the law: because no single jurisdiction nor central authority exists, this legal field consists of a patchwork of international treaties and national legislation, leaving many loopholes and unclear situations.

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The Legaco Express

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

I have been thinking about my career goals. I would like to be the perfect paralegal, wouldn’t you? Hmmm, what would make me the perfect paralegal? For starters, I would like to always know what the attorney wants; never make a mistake; only work on big cases; know how to do everything possible; and never get emotional about a case. Let’s see how this would play out in real life….

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Broadcast Law Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

One of those stories that I've been meaning to comment was the story from the week before last where trade press reports summarized a legal action being brought against a television station in Cleveland for having improperly used Arbitron information in connection with its efforts to sell local advertising time on Pandora , the Internet radio company.

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Broadcast Law Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

The FCC last week issued a Public Notice announcing the dismissal of approximately 3000 FM translator applications. This was as a result of its requirement that applicants from the 2003 FM Translator Window select no more than 70 total applications to prosecute (see our articles here and here ), and no more than 3 in any Arbitron market where there were significant number of translator applications filed.

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The Paralegal Resource

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Litigation can be expensive and cases can continue for years. In the current scenario of tough economic times, clients are depending on their legal advisors to produce favorable outcomes. Different studies have shown that ECA (Early Case Assessment) evaluation, if performed correctly, can help in saving money and giving favorable outcomes to clients.

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The Paralegal Resource

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Paralegals are professionals who provide assistance to lawyers in their legal work. Due to the nature of their work, these professionals are very much in contact with the day-to-day developments in technology. However, since they are bounded by several rules and ethics, paralegal professionals should be very much careful while dealing with the latest technological developments.

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Broadcast Law Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

We wrote in December about the delays in the FCC's proceeding to consider whether changes should be made to its multiple ownership rules. The December delays were to allow for public comment on ownership information obtained from broadcasters in their Form 323 Ownership Reports. Specifically, the public was asked to comment on the what the ownership information revealed about ownership of broadcast properties by members of minority groups , and whether proposed reforms in the ownership rules wou

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