NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Do you reuse the same passwords over and over again? Or, do you find yourself creating ever simpler passwords, so they’re easier to remember? Do you instead use really complicated passwords that you keep on sticky notes around the office? In the short run, th ese are easy solution s to password management; but, in the long term, it’s a security loophole that’s bound to come back to bite you.

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OCTOBER 17, 2018

On October 11th 2018, the Oklahoma Access to Justice Summit was held at the Oklahoma Bar Association in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Supported and hosted by civic-minded attorneys across the country, this event was designed to raise awareness and address for the “justice gap” defined by the Legal Services Corporation as the difference between the civil legal needs of low-income Americans and the resources available to meet those needs.

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Broadcast Law Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Earlier this month, the FCC announced another of its regular EEO audits , though this time it’s just for cable systems and other MVPDs who, like broadcasters, have EEO obligations. The FCC will audit 5% of all broadcasters and cable companies each year to assess their EEO compliance, so be prepared in case you are next. Broadcasters were last audited in June (radio stations only – see our article here ), so their turn will come again.

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Broadcast Law Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2018

The FCC yesterday announced a two-week extension of time , through October 31, 2018 , for the registration of C-Band earth stations used by many radio and TV stations to receive programming. As we have written before , the FCC is trying to determine what users are in the C-Band (aka the 3.7-4.2 GHz band) as it is trying to maximize its use and may want to consolidate or otherwise modify protections afforded to existing users.

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OCTOBER 15, 2018

Last week, after passage by both chambers of Congress and signature by the President, the ‘‘ Orrin G. Hatch–Bob Goodlatte Music Modernization Act’’ became law. The law underwent a few changes on its journey to approval, adding new provisions in the Senate to those which we summarized here upon its initial passage by the House. The Act retained its same principal purposes.

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