The Paralegal Society

AUGUST 18, 2016

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Broadcast Law Blog

AUGUST 17, 2016

Last week’s letter from the FDA detailing its position that there should be no change in marijuana being classified as a Schedule I drug under Federal law reinforces the fact that, under Federal law, the drug is still illegal – no matter what certain states may do to legalize or decriminalize its use. As the FDA’s decision emphasizes that the sale and distribution of the drug is still not permitted under Federal law, we thought that we would rerun the advice that we gave to broadcasters – Federa

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Broadcast Law Blog

AUGUST 19, 2016

A few months ago, we wrote about pirate radio and the FCC’s efforts to stop these stations from popping up all around the country. In the last few weeks, the FCC has issued several fines to pirate radio operators – including one who shut down his operations and gave his transmitter to the FCC when they first inspected his facility, only to start up again someplace else a few weeks later (see the order proposing a $15,000 fine here ).

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Broadcast Law Blog

AUGUST 19, 2016

In our reminder on August regulatory dates for broadcasters , we noted that broadcasters must register their stations in a new FCC filing system that will allow them to electronically report on the success of the next EAS National Test , to be conducted on September 28. The new registration system, called EAS Test Reporting System (“ETRS”), requires all stations ( including LPFM stations ) to register by August 26 , by filling out what is referred to as Form One in that system.

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Broadcast Law Blog

AUGUST 19, 2016

In the few days since I posted this update on concerns about marijuana advertising , there has been much attention devoted to the subject – and none of it undermines my belief that broadcasters need to continue to be cautious in this area. Yesterday, there was an article in the Sacramento Bee newspaper , specifically addressing the topic of potential marijuana advertising on broadcast outlets in light of the current ballot proposition in California proposing to decriminalize marijuana in the sta

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Broadcast Law Blog

AUGUST 15, 2016

As the leaders of the FCC’s Incentive Auction Task Force said in opening a post on the FCC’s blog last week , “Who says nothing happens in Washington in August?” Bidding in the initial stage of the FCC Incentive Auction’s forward auction phase begins on Tuesday, August 16 th , and with it, the longest pre-auction run-up period in FCC history is finally over!

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Broadcast Law Blog

AUGUST 18, 2016

In the last few weeks, we’ve seen almost daily press reports of new lawsuits against media companies being sued for the use of photos on their websites without permission of the photographers. We’ve written many times about copyright issues that can arise if media companies put content on their website without getting permission of the copyright holder.

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