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Top Oregon administrative judge faces pornography allegations

ABA Journal

Oregon’s chief administrative law judge is on unpaid leave as he faces child pornography allegations. Chief Administrative Law Judge John Michael Mann, 56, was arrested…

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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: May 7, 2022 to May 13, 2022

Broadcast Law Blog

On our Broadcast Law Blog, we wrote last week about the FCC’s current role in regulating the Internet ( Blog Post ). The Media Bureau deleted FM channels at Millerton, Oklahoma; Powers, Oregon; Mount Enterprise, Texas; Paint Rock, Texas; Hardwick, Vermont; and Meeteetse, Wyoming.

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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: April 10 to April 14, 2023

Broadcast Law Blog

The FCC has already issued such an extension three times since the initial compliance deadline of May 26, 2015, as the NAB contends that there still is no workable technology that can perform the functions required by the rule (see our Broadcast Law Blog article here from the last extension 5 years ago).

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Former Oregon Judge Sentenced for Child Sexual Abuse

The Crime Report

Judge John Michael Mann, a former chief administrative law judge in Oregon, has been sentenced to 38 months in prison after pleading guilty to 10 counts of encouraging child sexual abuse, Debra Cassens Weiss reports for ABA Journal. Eight of those counts also resulted in a five-year probation period.

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Nike Initiates ITC Proceeding to Block adidas From Importing “Infringing” Primeknit Sneakers

The Fashion Law

The result, according to the Beaverton, Oregon-based behemoth? Unlike district court litigation, which can take several years to reach a trial date, a case filed before the ITC can proceed to an evidentiary hearing before an administrative law judge in eight to nine months.”. International Trade Commission.

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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: March 13 to March 17, 2023

Broadcast Law Blog

As we’ve reported in previous weekly updates, the FCC’s Media Bureau has issued a hearing designation order referring questions about Standard General Broadcasting’s proposed acquisition of the TEGNA broadcast stations to an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) for an evidentiary hearing.

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Will former top administrative judge be third Oregon attorney to receive probation in a child porn case?

ABA Journal

A May 11 sentencing date has been set for Oregon’s former top administrative law judge after his guilty plea to encouraging child sexual abuse