March, 2012

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April Fools Gags on Air? Play It Safe, and Remember the FCC's Hoax Rule

Broadcast Law Blog

With April Fool's Day only a few days away, we need to repeat our annual reminder that broadcasters need to be careful with any on-air pranks, jokes or other jokes prepared especially for the day. While a little fun is OK, remember that the FCC does have a rule against on-air hoaxes - and, of any day in the year, April 1 is the day that the broadcaster is most at risk.

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Family Law Attorneys Reap Benefits With The Family Law Assistant

LexBlog

Modern technology continues to improve the life of attorneys, paralegals and legal secretaries throughout the United States. The Legal Assistant is one of the companies participating in this technological change. The Legal Assistant has added recently their newest product, The Family Law Assistant (TFLA). TFLA provides to family attorneys a simple and yet profound case management system to improve law office management, efficiency, quality of work, and help provide peace of mind to the family la

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eDiscovery Tips for Paralegals

The Paralegal Resource

A direct result of technology has created yet another area to gather information from for court cases of all types, as well as creating seemingly enormous amounts of information. It is the job of paralegals to gather this information, compile everything in a logical order and have it presentable for the attorneys to use in their cases. The seemingly ephemeral nature of electronic communications makes getting all of this together a seemingly daunting task, when it is anything but.

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Sirius XM Brings Law Suit Against SoundExchange Alleging Collusion to Stop Direct Licensing of Music - Impact on Royalties?

Broadcast Law Blog

SiriusXM announced that is has filed a legal action, including antitrust claims, against SoundExchange and A2IM (the American Association of Independent Music - the association of independent record labels), charging, according to a press release, these two organizations "with unlawfully interfering in SiriusXM's efforts to secure, through a competitive market, copyrights critical to its business.

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Recipe for a Failed CLM Implementation

Selecting and implementing CLM technology can be daunting, leading to underutilization or abandonment. Factors like provider differentiation, inadequate planning, and lack of user training contribute to these failures. Recognizing these pitfalls is crucial for successful adoption, ensuring organizations harness the full potential of CLM for streamlined contract management.

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FCC Keeps the Pressure on Class A Television Stations, Issues $52,000 in Fines for Failure to Timely File Children's Television Reports

Broadcast Law Blog

Yesterday, the FCC issued fines totaling $52,000 against four Class A television stations for belatedly filing their FCC Form 398 Children’s Television Programming Reports. The stations, each of which had missed at least a couple of years’ worth of Children’s Reports, were also fined for failing to timely place the reports in their public inspection files.

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FCC Extends Reply Comment Deadline in Multiple Ownership Proceeding

Broadcast Law Blog

The FCC has extended to April 17 the date by which Reply Comments must be filed in the Commission's multiple ownership proceeding. Comments were to have been filed by April 3, but several public interest groups requested more time to respond to comments filed in the proceeding by media industry groups and also to see whether the Supreme Court decided to review the decision of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals decision overturning the FCC's 2007 revisions to its ownership rules (we summarized th

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FCC Clarifies Rules for LPFM - Part 2 - Interference to Full Power FM Stations

Broadcast Law Blog

In part one of our report on the FCC’s recent actions on LPFM issues , we wrote about the FCC decisions about what to do with pending FM translator applications that may have an impact on LPFM availability. In this part two, we discuss the Commission’s separate order addressing the provisions of the Local Community Radio Act eliminating third-adjacent channel spacing restrictions between LPFM stations and full-power stations and otherwise modifying the interference protection standar

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FCC Clarifies Rules for LPFM - Part 1 - What to Do With FM Translator Applications From the 2003 Filing Window, and Using Translators for the Rebroadcasting of AM Stations

Broadcast Law Blog

The status of LPFM stations has been up in the air almost since they were first created over a decade ago, as the FCC has been slow to open a window for filing applications for new stations while controversies about interference with full-power FM stations and FM translators , and other issues, were being hashed out. This past week, the FCC issued two orders interpreting the Local Community Radio Act ("LCRA") passed by Congress in late 2010 (which we summarized here ), and clarifying o

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New Emergency Alert System Rules Become Effective in April

Broadcast Law Blog

The Commission's Fifth Report and Order on the Emergency Alert System (EAS) has now been published in the Federal Register, establishing the effective date of the rules as April 23rd. We previously issued an Advisory , available here , summarizing the Order, which was adopted in January of this year. This Fifth Report and Order did not impose new obligations on EAS Participants, but rather specified in detail how EAS Participants should implement the new Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) standards.

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Contract Lifecycle Management: A Business Enabler Exploring On-Ground Challenges

CLM tools have always strived to push contract management into the digital age for almost 30 years. But the complexities of digitising a legal document are numerous. The current scenarios in business development have shown that having a fully automated CLM has become a mandate for every law firm and in-house legal department. To determine if you need a CLM system, it's essential to clearly identify the on-ground business challenges you aim to solve.

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Software Update 03112012

LexBlog

We are pleased to announce our latest update to The Legal Assistant, our leading suite of Legal Practice management software. This update brings an array of new features and improved functionality to both the core software product and its matter specific modules in addition to reliability improvements and bug fixes. General updates affecting all modules.

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Software Update 03112012

LexBlog

We are pleased to announce our latest update to The Legal Assistant, our leading suite of Legal Practice management software. This update brings an array of new features and improved functionality to both the core software product and its matter specific modules in addition to reliability improvements and bug fixes. General updates affecting all modules.

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MARCH MADNESS: An Unusual Case of Reverse Confusion

Broadcast Law Blog

As we wrote about last year around this time, MARCH MADNESS is a term that is protected by trademark law. It is owned by the March Madness Athletic Association (MMAA), a joint venture between the NCAA and the Illinois High School Athletic Association (IHSA). The IHSA was actually first to begin using this mark to describe its high school basketball tournament in the 1940s.

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Patent Law - Limiting a Competitor's Patent Application

The Paralegal Resource

Patent examiners do an excellent job of determining whether an invention should be granted patent protection. However, examiners typically have a very limited amount of time to examine a patent application. It is common for an application to be issued as a patent without the examiner considering important information that would likely sharply limit the scope of the patent.

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California Civil Discovery Act Undergoes Significant Overhaul

Short article looking at the new CCP 2016.

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How Might HIPAA Influence Discovery?

The Paralegal Resource

With the rise of recent technology, the ways in which we process and obtain info have changed drastically. The medical field continues to be the most impacted, and due to the power to rapidly distribute information, the desire to defend these details is continuing to grow significantly. America was able to satisfy the requirements of their voters by approving the Healthcare Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

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FCC Prepares to Resolve the Conflicts Between LPFM and FM Translators - Could 10,000 Low Power FM Applications Be On the Way to the FM Band?

Broadcast Law Blog

The long-brewing debate between Low Power FM advocates and FM translator applicants is on the FCC's tentative agenda for its March open meeting , to be held on March 21. The FCC's agenda includes two items. The first deals with the priorities between the potential spectrum available for LPFM stations and the pending applications for FM translators left to be processed from the 2003 FM translator window.

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The Paralegals Role in the Voir Dire Process

The Paralegal Resource

The Voir Dire process is an integral component to legal steps taken in a court of law. It is the questioning process used for jury selection.

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Three Tips for Networking on LinkedIn

The Paralegal Resource

In an increasingly digital world, your profile becomes a virtual representation of your skills, dreams, accomplishments and personality.

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Dangers of Digital "Reporting": Legal Risks and Unreliable Transcripts

In the world of legal proceedings, the choice between a certified stenographer and digital "reporting" holds significant implications. Certified stenographers go through rigorous training and testing and stand as the gold standard for accuracy in capturing every word. Their expertise ensures a reliable record, a crucial foundation for legal cases.

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Tips and Tricks to Verifying Facts

The Paralegal Resource

In an effort to perform services well and ensure accuracy, a professional must be sure they get the facts right.

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Proofreading Tips and Pointers

The Paralegal Resource

You don't have to be a professional writer to benefit from proofreading your daily written communications.

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How to Prepare a Witness for Trial

The Paralegal Resource

Before ever stepping into a court room, counsel must actively prepare a witness to testify at trial.

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