Broadcast Law Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2011

New ASCAP royalties are on their way to radio broadcasters. ASCAP and the Radio Music Licensing Committee (RMLC ) have just announced that they have reached an agreement in principal to return to the percentage of revenue royalties that for so long were paid by radio stations to ASCAP and BMI – a system that was abandoned for a market-based flat-fee system designed to avoid having the licensing organizations as partners that shared in what stations believed would be forever rising radio re

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The Paralegal Resource

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Law practice optimization (LPO) is the process of improving the services provided by the Legal Industry to their clients. In today's modern world, always being connected to your office and your clients is no longer just a luxury it is an absolute requirement. As we all know, the internet has opened the doors for the Legal Industry and allowed Law Firms to market and advertise themselves to the World Wide Web, through business advertising campaigns, which reach tens of thousands and perhaps milli

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LexBlog

DECEMBER 8, 2011

You work hard at the law firm all day. You generate letters, file paperwork, set up automatic mailings, keep track of checks, and manage your particular lawyer’s schedule so that he or she can concentrate on what they do, and they never miss a beat. There is no successful lawyer on the planet who became successful without a great legal assistant or paralegal like yourself.

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Broadcast Law Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2011

The FCC issued a declaratory ruling this week finding that Anderson Cooper’s new talk show appeared to be a bona fide news interview program exempt from equal opportunities under the FCC’s political broadcasting rules interpreting the mandate of Section 315 of the Communications Act. This ruling is another in a series of rulings by the FCC making clear that virtually any interview-type program on which a candidate appears, that is not administered in a partisan fashion and which is r

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Broadcast Law Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2011

All broadcasters and other EAS participants need to remember to file their reports on whether or not they received the Nationwide EAS Test by December 27. With everyone preparing for the holidays, and with much of the publicity about that test having died down, it may be very easy for some to have forgotten that the test was conducted in early November, and that all stations and other EAS participants have an obligation to file with the FCC by December 27 reports on their experience with the tes

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Broadcast Law Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2011

The FCC issued its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in its reexamination of its multiple ownership rules , suggesting limited changes in its rules governing the number of interests that one person or company can have in media outlets in a particular community. The FCC's tentative conclusions leave most of the current rules in place - including rules that limit the number of radio and TV stations that one entity can own in a market, and rules prohibiting combined ownership of daily newspapers and TV

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Broadcast Law Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2011

The FCC approved the first database manager for TV white spaces devices - those wireless communications devices that will operate in the spectrum currently used by broadcast television, operating on channels not in use in a given area and supposedly avoiding interference to the reception of over-the-air television stations. Spectrum Bridge is the first company to be approved to act as a database manager, though there are several other companies who have applied and whose systems are in various s

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Broadcast Law Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2011

While the FCC is entertaining comments on its proposal to move the public inspection file for broadcast television stations online (see our article here ), the existing physical public files of several New York area broadcasters came under examination by the New York Times , according to an article in Sunday’s paper. The article seemed to both make fun of the contents of the required public file, while at the same time noting that the people at several stations contacted by the reporter se

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Broadcast Law Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2011

As the year hurtles to a close and desks are cleared for the holidays, don't forget that the window for filing an application to participate in the upcoming FCC Auction opens on January 3, 2012, the first business day of the new year. As we wrote about earlier ( here ), the FCC will hold an auction on March 27, 2012, offering 119 construction permits for new FM radio stations.

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Do you know that 40% of U.S. Legal Departments now have a formal legal intake process? With that in mind, where does your legal department stand today? Many legal teams still struggle with a flood of incoming requests, leaving everyone overwhelmed and frustrated. Implementing a formal legal intake process can seem like an obstacle between the business and the legal department, but it doesn’t have to be!

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Broadcast Law Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2011

The FCC's proposal to replace the never-implemented Form 355 with a new form to document the public interest programming of television broadcasters (to eventually be expanded to include radio operators) was published in today's Federal Register - setting January 17 as the comment date for those interested in telling the FCC what they think of the proposed new form.

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Broadcast Law Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2011

What's up for broadcasters in 2012? What dates do they need to keep on their radar to make sure that they are in legal compliance? Our broadcaster calendar for 2012 is now available and ready for your review. It's an especially busy year - with television license renewals beginning and radio renewals continuing, lowest unit charge windows for primary and general elections , as well as the normal regulatory deadlines - EEO public file reports, quarterly programs/issues lists, children's televisio

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The Paralegal Resource

DECEMBER 12, 2011

As a paralegal, you will be an integral part of a legal team in a law firm, corporate legal department or government office. You will assist lawyers in all the many tasks that must be completed in order to serve their clients. This includes drafting legal documents, performing research, interviewing clients from time to time, helping out in court and some administrative tasks as well.

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The Paralegal Resource

DECEMBER 12, 2011

It still pays to play nice at work, a new Robert Half survey confirms. Nearly half (48 percent) of workers interviewed said being courteous to others can help an employee rise through the ranks. Another 41 percent said etiquette plays at least some role in career advancement.

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The Paralegal Resource

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Using technology to present a case at mediation or trial can be great. A client's story gains strength and credibility with pictures, audio and video. Impeachment of a witness with deposition video playback can be devastating.

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LexBlog

DECEMBER 8, 2011

You work hard at the law firm all day. You generate letters, file paperwork, set up automatic mailings, keep track of checks, and manage your particular lawyer’s schedule so that he or she can concentrate on what they do, and they never miss a beat. There is no successful lawyer on the planet who became successful without a great legal assistant or paralegal like yourself.

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Broadcast Law Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2011

With the Iowa primary approaching, political ads are increasing on the local Iowa TV stations. While the national press may have been focused on some of the recent Rick Perry ads about the end of "don't ask, don't tell" and its connection to the celebration of Christmas in the public schools, there has been an even more controversial ad running on Iowa TV stations - anti-abortion spots being run by Randall Terry, the head of Operation Rescue, who has announced that he is running for th

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