Broadcast Law Blog

JULY 31, 2013

'The processing of the FM translator applications left over from the 2003 translator window marches on. The FCC today announced the window for long form applications for all the translator applications that are no longer mutually exclusive with other applicants. The FCC has asked for long-form applications for these 1239 applications (filed on Form 349 and providing more detailed legal and technical information about the applicant and its proposed operation) to be filed by August 30.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JULY 16, 2013

By Yan Gu, Summer Intern. The European Parliament recently voted through a temporary plan to delay the auction of hundreds of millions of EU emission allowances (EUAs) for several years, in order to avoid flooding the market with new allowances while prices are near historic lows. This decision allows what is known as the “back-loading” proposal to proceed to further negotiations with the European Council to reach a commonly approved text that could become law in the future.

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The Paralegal Resource

JULY 16, 2013

Legal Citation is basically a standard language which allows a writer to refer to legal organizations with effective accuracy and generality so that others can follow the references with substantial ease. Abbreviations and special terms are used in this language. Citations help in achieving great reductions in space, generally consumed by numerous references.

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Paralegal Essentials

JULY 2, 2013

Check out the following article about the recent Paralegal Conference in Los Angeles: Paralegals Meet in LA.

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Broadcast Law Blog

JULY 30, 2013

'How do you advertise a business that sells tobacco products and has the word “cigarette ” in its name? Apparently, you don’t, at least not on radio and TV stations – based on the teachings of the Public Notice released by the FCC this week, entering into a consent decree with a broadcaster. In exchange for dismissing its investigation of the broadcaster, the broadcaster agreed to voluntarily contribute $15,000 to the US Treasury and adopt a compliance program to monitor

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The Paralegal Resource

JULY 16, 2013

eDiscovery or Electronic Discovery is basically the electronic aspect of identifying, collecting and producing Electronically Stored Information (ESI) in response to a request for production in a law suit or investigation. ESI includes emails, documents, presentations, databases, voicemail, audio, video files, social media and websites.

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Broadcast Law Blog

JULY 14, 2013

'The deadline for reply comments on the FCC’s Indecency policy have been extended. These replies had been due on July 18. But a request from CBI, a collegiate broadcasters organization, asked for more time given the extensive initial comments filed in the proceeding and the fact that college broadcasters have difficulties in responding to issues over summer school holidays.

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Broadcast Law Blog

JULY 13, 2013

'Using music in commercials and other broadcast station productions can be treacherous. As we’ve written before , contrary to what some stations might think (based on the questions we often get from broadcasters around the country), a station’s ASCAP, BMI and SESAC royalties do not give them the right to use popular music in their station productions – or in their commercials.

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Broadcast Law Blog

JULY 8, 2013

'July has many FCC obligations for broadcasters, both regularly scheduled and unique to 2013. There are the normal obligations, like the Quarterly Issues Programs lists , that need to be in the public file of all broadcast stations, radio and TV, commercial and noncommercial, by July 10. Quarterly Children''s television reports are also due to be submitted by TV stations by that same date.

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Broadcast Law Blog

JULY 2, 2013

'The second EEO audit of 2013 was announced by the FCC on Friday - hitting about 240 radio stations being audited this time around (the list of stations to be audited is attached to the FCC Public Notice ). 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

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