NCBA Law Practice Management Blog
JUNE 25, 2019
In a recent episode of pop culture phenomenon ‘ Game of Thrones ’, a stray Starbucks cup showed up on a table in a medieval castle. This, among other things, has negatively affected Game of Thrones’ critical reception for its last season. But, that’s nothing compared to the personal hit that your reputation could take if you rely on Starbucks wifi to access confidential client materials online.
LegalTalkNetwork
JUNE 26, 2019
Set against the eclectic backdrop of Austin at the JW Marriott on 2nd Street, this year’s State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting offered a lot to attendees. The programming struck a winning balance between the educational, entertaining, and intriguing. Opportunities to receive CLE were vast, with 37 bar sections producing more credit-collecting sessions than anyone could possibly attend.
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Broadcast Law Blog
JUNE 12, 2019
The Office of Management and Budget, acting pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act, has just approved the FCC’s broadcast incubator program , about which we wrote here. That approval makes the program effective. The program permits an established broadcaster to provide assistance to a new broadcaster (generally, a qualified small business) to enter the radio broadcast industry.
The Legal Ease
JUNE 4, 2019
A number of things have kept me from posting since the ABA TECHSHOW, so I never had an opportunity to do a recap of the event, but one thing I did want to talk about was my new standing desk. At this year's ABA TECHSHOW, as the exhibit hall was winding down, I had the privilege of meeting Marissa from ErgoTech, and several weeks later, I am the proud owner of an Ergotech Freedom E-desk.**.
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The Rainmaker
JUNE 12, 2019
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NCBA Law Practice Management Blog
JUNE 10, 2019
Most lawyers think of ‘virtual law practice’ as an all-in sort of thing: Either you’re completely virtual, or you’re not virtual at all. Only, that’s not the case. Even virtual law practices intending to be totally virtual don’t ever really get there. For one thing, law firms (due in part to jurisdictional limitations) are almost always physical entities, in some sense, even if the physical entity is a home office and the physical network is a limited number of local referral sources.
NCBA Law Practice Management Blog
JUNE 1, 2019
Modern law firm consumers seek out and engage with law firms in new ways. Younger law firm customers, especially, look less and less to other persons for referrals -- which in-person referrals have traditionally driven law firm revenue -- but, they’re not necessarily searching exclusively on Google any longer, either. With the rise of mobile search, many modern legal consumers are performing ‘in-app’ searches for professional services -- such that, if they want to find a lawyer, they’re going di
Broadcast Law Blog
JUNE 5, 2019
The FCC on Monday released a Public Notice announcing that its next test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) is scheduled for August 7 with a back-up date of August 21 (back-up dates being provided in the event that there are severe weather situations or other emergencies in early August which could increase the potential for public confusion on the originally scheduled date).
Broadcast Law Blog
JUNE 30, 2019
July is an important month for regulatory filings – even though it is one of those months with no FCC submissions tied to any license renewal dates. Instead, quarterly obligations arise this month, the most important of which will have an impact in the ongoing license renewal cycle that began in June (see last month’s update on regulatory dates, here ).
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Artificial intelligence is reshaping the legal industry, and paralegals are at the forefront of this transformation. As AI becomes more integrated into legal workflows, paralegals can streamline their daily tasks, enhance efficiency, and add greater value to their firms and organizations. But what exactly does AI mean for paralegals today—and how can you leverage it to your advantage?
Broadcast Law Blog
JUNE 24, 2019
In anticipation of its July 10 open meeting, the FCC last week released its draft Order making changes to its rules requiring television stations to broadcast specific amounts of educational and informational programming directed to children. The current rules require that stations air an average of three hours of such programming every week for every channel of programming they broadcast.
Broadcast Law Blog
JUNE 19, 2019
The FCC yesterday released another of its regular EEO audit notices ( available here ), asking that approximately 80 radio stations, and the employment units with which they are associated, provide to the FCC (by posting the information in their online public inspection file) their last two year’s EEO Annual Public File reports , as well as backing data to show that the station in fact did everything that was required under the FCC rules.
Broadcast Law Blog
JUNE 11, 2019
The FCC yesterday issued a News Release about an unusual action taken by the US Attorney’s Office in Massachusetts entering into a consent decree with a pirate radio operator, where the operator agreed to surrender all of its operating equipment to the FCC, and to stop broadcasting illegally. If the operator is again caught operating a broadcast station without authority, the US Attorney can collect a $75,000 fine.
Broadcast Law Blog
JUNE 7, 2019
You may remember a few years ago, the FCC cracked down on “ serial modifications ” of FM translators to move them from rural to more urban areas (see, for instance, the cases about which we wrote here and here ), considering such moves an abuse of process. In a decision released earlier this week , it looks like the FCC’s Audio Division may be backing away from that policy.
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Broadcast Law Blog
JUNE 6, 2019
The Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division yesterday announced that it was starting a review of the ASCAP and BMI antitrust consent decrees that govern the United States’ two largest performing rights organizations for musical compositions (referred to as the “musical work”). The DOJ’s announcement of the initiation of the examination of the consent decrees poses a series of questions to which it invites interested parties – including users, songwriters, publishers and other inte
Broadcast Law Blog
JUNE 17, 2019
2020 will no doubt be a very active year for political advertising. To help broadcasters sort out the confusing rules they need to follow in connection with such advertising, we have updated our Political Broadcasting Guide for Broadcasters (note that the URL for the updated version has not changed from prior versions, so your bookmarks should continue to work).
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