The Paralegal Society

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Hello, Paralegal Nation! I’m happy to greet you where I meet you today.

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The Estrin Report

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

When you work as a Virtual Legal Assistant, you can choose to work as an employee or you can set up your own business. There are pros and cons to each arrangement. When you work as an employee, you don't have to invest any money up front or find your own clients, but your pay rate, work hours, and how you work will be more restricted. When you work as an entrepreneur, you face other challenges.

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Broadcast Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

In recent weeks, we’ve written about a number of legal issues that need to be considered in connection with podcasting – getting releases from guests , making sure that ownership of the podcast is clear , and considering music royalties. Another issue that I discussed in my presentation on legal issues for broadcasters entering the podcast industry at Podcast Movement in late July was one of sponsorship identification.

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NewYorkCourtWatcher

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Dissents, Disappointments, and Open Questions (Reviewing the Supreme Court's past term and developments--yes, and enjoying the Saratoga meet--monopolized my time for a while. Back to the New York Court.) Judges who are proud of their opinions sign them. And when they don't? Let's return to that June 14 set of decisions by New York's highest Court.

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LegalTalkNetwork

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Legal Innovation Minus the Buzz Words. They say that artificial intelligence is only artificial intelligence until you start using it; then it’s software. With that in mind, the Summit on Legal Innovation and Disruption (SOLID) which took place in New York on September 13, 2018, looked at the future of legal services from a practical perspective. At this conference, the vendors who are creating technology for legal service solutions talked to their clients face-to-face.

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Broadcast Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

The US Court of Appeals today released a decision upholding the Copyright Royalty Board’s 2015 decision setting the SoundExchange royalty rates for 2016-2020. We wrote about that decision here , and provided more details here. In any appeal of an agency decision, the Court routinely affords the agency deference in reaching its decision. The Court will not overturn that decision unless it has no basis in the record developed on the matter before the agency, or unless the agency decision was arbit

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Broadcast Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

A Nationwide test of both the wireless and broadcast-based EAS was scheduled for tomorrow, September 20 (see our article here ). It has now been postponed until October 3 presumably due to the continuing issues following Hurricane Florence (see notices from the FCC here and from FEMA here ). In addition to the postponement of the test, the FCC announced the dates for the filing of the reports that are due after the test.

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Broadcast Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

The broadcast trade press was abuzz this morning with a report that an Arizona AM station currently simulcasting its programming on an FM translator has asked the FCC for permission to conduct a test where it would shut down its AM for about a year and operate solely through the FM translator. To grant this request, the FCC would need to waive its rule (Section 74.1263(b)) which prohibits an FM translator station from operating during extended periods when the primary station is not being retran

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Broadcast Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

In a decision released yesterday , the FCC issued a “remedial declaratory ruling” finding the change in control of stock in a company that owned broadcast stations did not offend the public interest, and that the approval of foreign ownership in the company that controlled broadcast stations above 25% (but capped at 49%) that was issued last year could stay in effect.

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Broadcast Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

The broadcast trade press was abuzz this morning with a report that an Arizona AM station currently simulcasting its programming on an FM translator has asked the FCC for permission to conduct a test where it would shut down its AM for about a year and operate solely through the FM translator. To grant this request, the FCC would need to waive its rule (Section 74.1263(b)) which prohibits an FM translator station from operating during extended periods when the primary station is not being retran

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Broadcast Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

October is one of the busiest months on the broadcast regulatory calendar, as it includes a confluence of routine EEO filing requirements, quarterly filing requirements for Children’s Television Reports, public file uploading for all stations for their Quarterly Issues Programs Lists, a Nationwide EAS test, and comment dates in many FCC proceedings.

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Broadcast Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

October is one of the busiest months on the broadcast regulatory calendar, as it includes a confluence of routine EEO filing requirements, quarterly filing requirements for Children’s Television Reports, public file uploading for all stations for their Quarterly Issues Programs Lists, a Nationwide EAS test, and comment dates in many FCC proceedings.

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Broadcast Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

A Nationwide test of both the wireless and broadcast-based EAS was scheduled for tomorrow, September 20 (see our article here ). It has now been postponed until October 3 presumably due to the continuing issues following Hurricane Florence (see notices from the FCC here and from FEMA here ). In addition to the postponement of the test, the FCC announced the dates for the filing of the reports that are due after the test.

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Broadcast Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

In a decision released yesterday , the FCC issued a “remedial declaratory ruling” finding the change in control of stock in a company that owned broadcast stations did not offend the public interest, and that the approval of foreign ownership in the company that controlled broadcast stations above 25% (but capped at 49%) that was issued last year could stay in effect.

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Broadcast Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

The US Court of Appeals today released a decision upholding the Copyright Royalty Board’s 2015 decision setting the SoundExchange royalty rates for 2016-2020. We wrote about that decision here , and provided more details here. In any appeal of an agency decision, the Court routinely affords the agency deference in reaching its decision. The Court will not overturn that decision unless it has no basis in the record developed on the matter before the agency, or unless the agency decision was arbit

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Broadcast Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

In recent weeks, we’ve written about a number of legal issues that need to be considered in connection with podcasting – getting releases from guests , making sure that ownership of the podcast is clear , and considering music royalties. Another issue that I discussed in my presentation on legal issues for broadcasters entering the podcast industry at Podcast Movement in late July was one of sponsorship identification.

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Broadcast Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

E-cig advertising has been one of those areas where broadcasters and other media companies have been looking warily at the potential for regulatory intervention. So far, as we wrote here , the FDA has only required general disclosures that “ e-cigs contain nicotine and that nicotine is an addictive chemical” – an obligation that took effect last month, on August 10 (see our article here , though note that advertising disclaimers on cigars and pipe tobacco that were also supposed to h

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Broadcast Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

With Hurricane Florence about to hit the East Coast, broadcasters are well reminded of their obligations with respect to the airing of emergency information. Broadcasters may also want to consider the benefits that the FCC can offer in an emergency. While the FCC yesterday announced the postponement of its test of DIRS , the Disaster Information Reporting System, broadcasters may want to consider quickly getting familiar with this system.

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Broadcast Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

The FCC last week issued a Public Notice announcing another window for mutually exclusive applicants filed in the second translator window to attempt to resolve the interference conflicts that the FCC found to exist between certain of these applications. A window for such settlements had been opened several months ago , but these are additional applications now identified as being in conflict.

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Broadcast Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

On Friday, the FCC issued a reminder to all operators “of fixed-satellite service (FSS) earth stations in the 3.7-4.2 GHz band that were constructed and operational as of April 19, 2018 that the filing window to license or register such earth stations closes on October 17, 2018.” This frequency band is commonly referred to as the “ C-Band ”, and many of the “FSS earth stations” are satellite dishes that receive programming used by both radio and TV stations.

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Broadcast Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

With the lowest unit charge window for the November elections going into effect tomorrow (September 7), we thought that it was a good idea to review the basics FCC rules and policies affecting those charges. With this election, where control of Congress may well be hotly contested and may result in competitive elections across the country, your station needs to be ready to comply with all of the FCC’s political advertising rules.

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Broadcast Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

On Thursday, we wrote about the FCC’s release of its order setting the amounts for the Annual Regulatory Fees paid by all of those regulated by the FCC. Those fees are due by September 25. On Friday, the FCC released a Fact Sheet detailing the fees for broadcast and other licensees regulated by the Media Bureau and how those fees should be paid. As we noted in our article last week, fees are due for stations based on the FCC authorization they held on October 1, 2017 – so even stations whose lic

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LegalTalkNetwork

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

We recently caught up with our friends at the ABA Section of Antitrust Law for a 6 part series of podcasts featuring 24 participants talking about antitrust’s role in sports, food, international regulations, price fixing, and cartels. These fireside conversations were light, fun, and very educational. Whether you’re a seasoned antitrust practitioner or someone looking to get into the field, these panel discussions are for you.

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