The Most Ridiculous Ethics Post Ever Written (It’s this one.)
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MAY 18, 2017
By: Jamie Collins In all fairness, they drove me out of the darkness to write this today.
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Wrongly convicted man passes New York bar exam
ABA Journal
MAY 1, 2017
Martin Tankleff, who was arrested at age 17 and would spend 17 years in prison for a wrongful conviction in the murders of his parents,…
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Update: Comment Dates Set on Prometheus Petition for Reconsideration of Relaxation of Siting Rules for FM Translators Rebroadcasting AM Stations
Broadcast Law Blog
MAY 5, 2017
Earlier this week, we wrote about a number of proceedings affecting FM translators , including the Petition for Reconsideration (available here ) of the FCC decision relaxing the rules governing the locations at which AM stations using FM translators to rebroadcast their signal can locate those translators (see our summary here ). Notice of that Petition has now been published in the Federal Register , setting May 19 as the date for formal oppositions to the petition, with replies due May 30.
Jens Hanssen | Nietzsche and the 20th-century Arab Intellectual Tradition
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
MAY 30, 2017
Nietzsche and the 20th-century Arab Intellectual Tradition Jens Hanssen, University of Toronto (Work in progress, please do not cite without permission of the author) Übrigens ist mir alles verhasst, was mich bloss belehrt, ohne meine Tätigkeit zu vermehren… Continue Reading →
Transforming eDiscovery: Document Summarization, Sentiment Analysis, And Chatbots Take Center Stage
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ABA Section of Antitrust Law Spring Meeting 2017
LegalTalkNetwork
MAY 23, 2017
We recently attended the ABA Section of Antitrust Law Spring Meeting 2017 which was a first for our network. One of the largest gatherings for the American Bar Association, this meeting’s participants represent some of the highest caliber minds in the legal profession. Hailing from the biggest U.S. firms, government agencies, international tribunals, and corporations this collection of professionals harbors the power and influence to shape world economies in their daily work.
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TV Station Agrees to $55,000 Payment for EAS Tones Used in Promotional Announcement
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The FCC yesterday announced a consent decree with TEGNA, the licensee of a television station in Jacksonville, Florida, which used simulated EAS tones in a promotional announcement for the Jacksonville Jaguars football team. According to the consent decree, the station ran the announcement only 4 times. It was apparently produced by the team and inserted into the station’s master control without review.
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Erwin Chemerinsky named to lead Berkeley Law
ABA Journal
MAY 17, 2017
Erwin Chemerinsky has been selected as dean for the University of California Berkeley School of Law.
June Regulatory Dates for Broadcasters – Comments on Reg Fees, ATSC 3.0 and Routine EEO Filings Highlight the Month
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MAY 30, 2017
June brings some of the normal regulatory deadlines for stations in certain states. EEO Public Inspection File Reports need to be placed in the public file (or uploaded to the FCC-hosted public file for TV and large-market radio stations) by Full-Power and Class A Television Stations and AM and FM Radio Stations in Arizona , Idaho , Maryland , Michigan , Nevada , New Mexico , Ohio , Utah , Virginia , West Virginia , Wyoming , and the District of Columbia that are part of an Employment Unit4 with
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Broadcast Law Blog
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I was recently interviewed by Steve Goldstein of Amplifi Media, a firm that consults for podcast companies, on the difficulties with the use of music in podcasts. That interview has been turned into an article on Steve’s blog, here , discussing these legal issues. That article discusses the same issues that we’ve written about here several times, reminding readers that the standard music licenses that they get for the public performance of music on their radio stations or webcast channels don’t
FCC Proposes Regulatory Fees to Be Paid Later This Year – Questions about Allocation of Radio Fees, TV Satellite Stations, and Small Entity Exceptions
Broadcast Law Blog
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Each year, the FCC is required by Congress to collect regulatory fees to cover the costs of its operations. All entities regulated by the FCC contribute to the amount necessary to cover the FCC’s costs – fees being allocated by the proportion of the total number of FCC employees needed to regulate a particular service. Before requiring the payment of the fees (which is usually done in September, just before the October 1 start of a new fiscal year for the government), the FCC must ask for commen
Contract Lifecycle Management: A Business Enabler Exploring On-Ground Challenges
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SoundExchange Acquires CMRRA – What Does it Mean for Music Licensing?
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MAY 18, 2017
This week SoundExchange, the non-profit rights organization that collects the royalties paid by digital music companies for the public performance in the United States of sound recordings, announced that it had acquired CMRRA (the Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency, Ltd). CMRRA licenses the reproduction rights to musical works in Canada. As we have written before , musical works or musical compositions are the lyrics and music for a song, while the sound recording is the actual recordin
FCC Details Window for LPTV Stations and TV Translators Displaced by the Incentive Auction to Seek New Channels
Broadcast Law Blog
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The FCC last week released a Public Notice describing the process for the filing of applications for replacement channels for LPTV stations and TV translators that are displaced by the incentive auction. As the repacking of the TV band following the incentive auction will require LPTV and TV translator stations now operating on channels above 37 to move to a new channel below that channel, and as others will be displaced by full-power stations being moved from high channels to channels below 37
Verena Conley | Notes on Nietzsche and Hélène Cixous (full presentation)
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Copyright Royalty Board Announces Additional Webcaster Audit by SoundExchange – Reminder to Carefully Maintain Your Royalty Records as They Can be Reviewed at Any Time
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Announcement of FCC Window for AM Stations to File For New FM Translators Coming Very Soon
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Gorsuch, like Alito, will not join cert pool
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The law clerks for Justice Neil M. Gorsuch have their work cut out for them.
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Erwin Chemerinsky has been selected as dean for the University of California Berkeley School of Law.
Gorsuch, like Alito, will not join cert pool
ABA Journal
MAY 2, 2017
The law clerks for Justice Neil M. Gorsuch have their work cut out for them.
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