The Paralegal Society

AUGUST 1, 2017

By: Jamie Collins I’m sure you’ve seen that tech CEO from Wisconsin in the news proclaiming his proud plans to … Continue reading →

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Broadcast Law Blog

AUGUST 31, 2017

Last week, the FCC reached a consent decree with a noncommercial broadcaster, where the broadcaster paid an $8000 penalty for, among other things, running underwriting spots that were too promotional. While the consent decree and its implementing order provide no details on the underwriting violations by the broadcaster, we can assume that the broadcaster ran spots that somehow crossed the line – giving price information about a sponsor’s products, or including a call to action suggesting that l

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MyLegalAssistants

AUGUST 15, 2017

Back-to-school season is stressful for all parents but it’s a little more complicated when you’re divorced: Who’s doing the annual trek to Target to load up on school supplies — and more importantly, who’s paying? Are both of you listed on important school forms? To make heading back to school a little less overwhelming for you and the kiddos, we asked HuffPost Divorce bloggers and readers on Facebook to share their tried-and-true advice.

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LegalTalkNetwork

AUGUST 9, 2017

After eight years behind the mic and 87 episodes published, Vicki Voisin announced her retirement as host of the Paralegal Voice on August 2nd, 2017. We at Legal Talk Network knew she couldn’t be with us forever, so we begrudgingly accepted that she was leaving. Along with many others, we will miss Vicki and her dedication to the paralegal profession.

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The Paralegal Society

AUGUST 13, 2017

By: Jamie Collins It is with heavy hearts, we post this tribute in honor of Heather Heyer, a paralegal, who … Continue reading →

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Broadcast Law Blog

AUGUST 30, 2017

It seems like virtually every day, the FCC announces that it has sent numerous Notices to pirate radio operators warning them that their operations are illegal and that, if the operations do not cease, legal penalties may follow. Yesterday, the FCC released ten such Notices, including ones sent to operators of pirate radio stations themselves (see notices here and here ) and to the owners of buildings in which pirate radio operations have been tracked (see notices here and here ).

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Broadcast Law Blog

AUGUST 25, 2017

Summer is coming to an end, but the legal obligations never take a vacation, and September brings another list of regulatory deadlines for broadcasters. While the month is one of those without the usual list of EEO Public File obligations or quarterly FCC filing obligations, there still are a number of other regulatory deadlines for which broadcasters need to be prepared.

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Broadcast Law Blog

AUGUST 24, 2017

All EAS Participants – including all full-power broadcasters – must complete the 2017 ETRS Form One on or before August 28, 2017. We wrote about this obligation here. The filing deadline was set for next week as the ETRS system is used so that stations can report on the results of nationwide EAS tests. With the next Nationwide EAS Test set for September 27 , the accounts and basic information for all EAS participants need to be in the system to allow for that reporting.

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Broadcast Law Blog

AUGUST 23, 2017

Earlier this week, the Campaign Legal Center and Issue One, two political “watchdog” organizations, filed FCC complaints against two Georgia TV stations, alleging violations of the rules that govern the documents that need to be placed into a station’s public inspection file regarding political “issue advertising” (see their press release here , with links to the complaints at the bottom of the release).

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Broadcast Law Blog

AUGUST 17, 2017

Last week, I participated in a discussion about music royalties for broadcasters at the Texas Association of Broadcasters Annual Convention in Austin. Speaking on the panel with me were the heads of the Radio Music License Committee and the TV Music Licensing Committee. These are the organizations that represent most commercial broadcasters in their negotiations with ASCAP, BMI and SESAC for public performance licenses for “musical works” or “musical compositions” – the underlying words and musi

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MyLegalAssistants

AUGUST 14, 2017

BACK TO SCHOOL FLEXIBILITY AND GENEROSITY. Flexibility and generosity. should always be your guiding mantra as you navigate through your shared parenting time arrangements. Human nature being what it is, your ex-spouse will be more willing to work with you instead of against you if you offer the same. For example, Spouse A has a family gathering on a Sunday a few hours from home.

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Broadcast Law Blog

AUGUST 15, 2017

It has been over two years since the last window allowing applicants to file for new FM stations (see our article here ). There had been some speculation that the number of requests for new allotments was decreasing, leaving the FCC with few FM channels to auction off and thereby breaking what had been an almost yearly start of a new FCC auction for new FM channels.

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MyLegalAssistants

AUGUST 13, 2017

by Lisa Herrick, Ph.D. Here are some general suggestions for telling the children about the divorce or separation. Research over the last five years has revealed that over 75% of divorcing parents talk to their children about this change in the family for less than ten minutes – total. This guide is meant to help YOU be one of the parents in the healthiest 25 percent.

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Broadcast Law Blog

AUGUST 14, 2017

About this time each year, broadcasters and other entities regulated by the FCC prepare to find out the amount of their annual FCC regulatory fees. These fees are likely to be paid in September, before the October 1 start of the new government fiscal year. Last week, the FCC added to its list of “items on circulation” (FCC orders that have been written and are circulating among the Commissioners for a vote) an order to establish the specifics of this year’s regulatory fees, and to propose some a

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MyLegalAssistants

AUGUST 8, 2017

When Alexis Moore was three years old, she was thrown into the center of an ugly custody battle. Lawyers argued over her fate as she watched in silent horror. “My voice was never heard,” Moore, remembers. “I became nothing more than a pawn in a game of cat and mouse between my parents and the courts.” Moore is now an attorney and advocate in Sacramento.

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Broadcast Law Blog

AUGUST 9, 2017

Global Music Rights, commonly known as GMR, is the newest Performing Rights Organization (PRO) in the US music business, licensing public performance rights to musical compositions of songwriters as diverse as various members of the Eagles to Pharrell Williams to George Gershwin. As we wrote here , in December, they offered a temporary license to the radio industry to allow radio stations to play their music if the stations pay a royalty reportedly based on a percentage of what stations pay to A

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Broadcast Law Blog

AUGUST 4, 2017

The FCC yesterday took what some may suggest is an unprecedented action to potentially deny the license renewal of an FM broadcast station that was silent for all but one day each year during its license renewal term. According to the Hearing Designation Order , the station operated one day each year to avoid forfeiting its license pursuant to Section 312(g) of the Communications Act (a provision we have written about here and here , which provides for the automatic cancellation of the license o

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Broadcast Law Blog

AUGUST 4, 2017

The FCC announced a Consent Decree with a New Jersey TV station where the licensee agreed to make a $17,500 payment to the US Treasury for failing to identify “core” educational and informational programming directed to children with the required “E/I” symbol on the programming itself. This programming was, according to the consent decree, run on the station’s multicast streams – stations having an obligation to run at least 3 hours of educational and informational programming on each of its pro

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Broadcast Law Blog

AUGUST 3, 2017

Earlier this week, the FCC announced the first of its post-auction filing windows for TV stations that are forced to abandon their current channels as a result of the repacking of the TV band after the broadcast incentive auction. As a result of the shrinking of the TV band, many TV stations were required to change channels so that all stations could fit into the smaller TV band.

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Broadcast Law Blog

AUGUST 3, 2017

The window for filing applications for new FM translators for Class C and D AM stations has now closed. According to a statement from FCC Chairman Pai , over 1000 AM stations took advantage of the filing window. What’s next? The FCC will take these applications and determine which of them are mutually exclusive with some other application filed during the window that ended yesterday.

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Broadcast Law Blog

AUGUST 2, 2017

It was announced this week that SESAC’s royalties for radio for the period starting at the beginning of 2016 through the end of 2018 have been slashed – being reduced to less than half what they were in 2015. This decision came out of an arbitration process that resulted from the settlement of an antitrust lawsuit that the Radio Music License Committee (RMLC) brought against SESAC (see our article here for a summary of the settlement).

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MyLegalAssistants

AUGUST 3, 2017

1. The best way to get over someone is to get under someone else. I’ve never liked this phrase. What it is basically saying is, don’t take time to grieve, just jump into something else to put a Band-Aid on your broken heart. Even worse, jump into casual sex so you can feel empty and even more sad. The thing is, I don’t want to sound like I’m trying to be a saint, and I do think new relationships take our minds off stressful and scary problems we have in life, but I think people need time to proc

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LegalTalkNetwork

AUGUST 28, 2017

This year’s ABA Annual Meeting was held in the “Big Apple,” New York City. With approximately 5,000 registrants, 1,000 educational sessions, and 28 bar associations involved, there was certainly a lot to see and experience. We did our best to cover this year’s annual meeting with our 22 episodes and barrage of social media, but in the end the sheer mass of sessions, meetings, and events eclipsed our efforts.

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Broadcast Law Blog

AUGUST 7, 2017

Since the beginning of the year, the FCC has been acting with fewer than its full complement of Commissioners. Since the January departures of Chairman Wheeler and Commissioner Rosenworcel, the Commission has had three Commissioners – two Republicans (Chairman Pai and Commissioner O’Rielly) and one Democrat (Commissioner Clyburn). Last week, Congress confirmed the nominations of Democratic Commissioner Rosenworcel for her return to the FCC, as well as new Commissioner Brendan Carr, a Repub

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