December, 2011

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ASCAP Cuts a Deal With the Radio Industry on New Royalties - No Details as Yet

Broadcast Law Blog

New ASCAP royalties are on their way to radio broadcasters. ASCAP and the Radio Music Licensing Committee (RMLC ) have just announced that they have reached an agreement in principal to return to the percentage of revenue royalties that for so long were paid by radio stations to ASCAP and BMI – a system that was abandoned for a market-based flat-fee system designed to avoid having the licensing organizations as partners that shared in what stations believed would be forever rising radio re

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Law Practice Optimization and what it means to the modern law firm

The Paralegal Resource

Law practice optimization (LPO) is the process of improving the services provided by the Legal Industry to their clients. In today's modern world, always being connected to your office and your clients is no longer just a luxury it is an absolute requirement. As we all know, the internet has opened the doors for the Legal Industry and allowed Law Firms to market and advertise themselves to the World Wide Web, through business advertising campaigns, which reach tens of thousands and perhaps milli

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Legal software for paralegals

LexBlog

You work hard at the law firm all day. You generate letters, file paperwork, set up automatic mailings, keep track of checks, and manage your particular lawyer’s schedule so that he or she can concentrate on what they do, and they never miss a beat. There is no successful lawyer on the planet who became successful without a great legal assistant or paralegal like yourself.

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FCC Declares Anderson Cooper's Daytime Talk Show to Be Exempt From Equal Opportunities - What's The Impact on Your Local Talk Programs?

Broadcast Law Blog

The FCC issued a declaratory ruling this week finding that Anderson Cooper’s new talk show appeared to be a bona fide news interview program exempt from equal opportunities under the FCC’s political broadcasting rules interpreting the mandate of Section 315 of the Communications Act. This ruling is another in a series of rulings by the FCC making clear that virtually any interview-type program on which a candidate appears, that is not administered in a partisan fashion and which is r

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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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Don't Forget FCC Report on Nationwide EAS Test - Due December 27

Broadcast Law Blog

All broadcasters and other EAS participants need to remember to file their reports on whether or not they received the Nationwide EAS Test by December 27. With everyone preparing for the holidays, and with much of the publicity about that test having died down, it may be very easy for some to have forgotten that the test was conducted in early November, and that all stations and other EAS participants have an obligation to file with the FCC by December 27 reports on their experience with the tes

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FCC Approves First TV White Spaces Database Manager - Wireless Devices in TV Band to Start Operations in January

Broadcast Law Blog

The FCC approved the first database manager for TV white spaces devices - those wireless communications devices that will operate in the spectrum currently used by broadcast television, operating on channels not in use in a given area and supposedly avoiding interference to the reception of over-the-air television stations. Spectrum Bridge is the first company to be approved to act as a database manager, though there are several other companies who have applied and whose systems are in various s

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All I Want for Christmas is a New Radio Station: Window for FM Auction Opens Jan. 3

Broadcast Law Blog

As the year hurtles to a close and desks are cleared for the holidays, don't forget that the window for filing an application to participate in the upcoming FCC Auction opens on January 3, 2012, the first business day of the new year. As we wrote about earlier ( here ), the FCC will hold an auction on March 27, 2012, offering 119 construction permits for new FM radio stations.

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January 17 Comment Deadline Set for Proposed New FCC Form to Document the Public Interest Service of TV Broadcasters

Broadcast Law Blog

The FCC's proposal to replace the never-implemented Form 355 with a new form to document the public interest programming of television broadcasters (to eventually be expanded to include radio operators) was published in today's Federal Register - setting January 17 as the comment date for those interested in telling the FCC what they think of the proposed new form.

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Broadcaster's Calendar for 2012 - Dates for Radio and TV to Remember to Keep Your Station Legal

Broadcast Law Blog

What's up for broadcasters in 2012? What dates do they need to keep on their radar to make sure that they are in legal compliance? Our broadcaster calendar for 2012 is now available and ready for your review. It's an especially busy year - with television license renewals beginning and radio renewals continuing, lowest unit charge windows for primary and general elections , as well as the normal regulatory deadlines - EEO public file reports, quarterly programs/issues lists, children's televisio

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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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Top 10 Qualities of a Great Paralegal

The Paralegal Resource

As a paralegal, you will be an integral part of a legal team in a law firm, corporate legal department or government office. You will assist lawyers in all the many tasks that must be completed in order to serve their clients. This includes drafting legal documents, performing research, interviewing clients from time to time, helping out in court and some administrative tasks as well.

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Learn to Play Nice: Your Career Advancement Might Depend on It

The Paralegal Resource

It still pays to play nice at work, a new Robert Half survey confirms. Nearly half (48 percent) of workers interviewed said being courteous to others can help an employee rise through the ranks. Another 41 percent said etiquette plays at least some role in career advancement.

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Presenting with technology: How to avoid critical failures

The Paralegal Resource

Using technology to present a case at mediation or trial can be great. A client's story gains strength and credibility with pictures, audio and video. Impeachment of a witness with deposition video playback can be devastating.

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Legal software for paralegals

LexBlog

You work hard at the law firm all day. You generate letters, file paperwork, set up automatic mailings, keep track of checks, and manage your particular lawyer’s schedule so that he or she can concentrate on what they do, and they never miss a beat. There is no successful lawyer on the planet who became successful without a great legal assistant or paralegal like yourself.

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California Civil Discovery Act Undergoes Significant Overhaul

Short article looking at the new CCP 2016.

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Multiple Ownership Proposals Released By FCC - Abolish Radio-TV Cross-Ownership Rules, Leave Most Other Rules In Place, Examine Shared Services Agreements

Broadcast Law Blog

The FCC issued its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in its reexamination of its multiple ownership rules , suggesting limited changes in its rules governing the number of interests that one person or company can have in media outlets in a particular community. The FCC's tentative conclusions leave most of the current rules in place - including rules that limit the number of radio and TV stations that one entity can own in a market, and rules prohibiting combined ownership of daily newspapers and TV

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What the NY Times Article on the Broadcast Public Inspection File Says About the FCC's Public File Requirements

Broadcast Law Blog

While the FCC is entertaining comments on its proposal to move the public inspection file for broadcast television stations online (see our article here ), the existing physical public files of several New York area broadcasters came under examination by the New York Times , according to an article in Sunday’s paper. The article seemed to both make fun of the contents of the required public file, while at the same time noting that the people at several stations contacted by the reporter se

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Graphic Abortion Ads In Iowa By Presidential Candidate - And A Seminar on FCC Political Broadcasting Rules

Broadcast Law Blog

With the Iowa primary approaching, political ads are increasing on the local Iowa TV stations. While the national press may have been focused on some of the recent Rick Perry ads about the end of "don't ask, don't tell" and its connection to the celebration of Christmas in the public schools, there has been an even more controversial ad running on Iowa TV stations - anti-abortion spots being run by Randall Terry, the head of Operation Rescue, who has announced that he is running for th

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