The Illinois Gaming Board (IGB) held its monthly meeting on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024. The meeting was hybrid with in-person accessibility at 160 N. LaSalle St., 5th Floor Auditorium and via livestream. Board members present...more
Pillsbury’s communications lawyers have published the FCC Enforcement Monitor monthly since 1999 to inform our clients of notable FCC enforcement actions against FCC license holders and others....more
The IGB held its monthly meeting on Thursday, March 14, 2024. The meeting was hybrid with in-person accessibility at 160 N. LaSalle St., 5th Floor Auditorium and via livestream. Board members present at this meeting included...more
The Illinois Gaming Board held its monthly meeting on Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024. The meeting was hybrid with in-person accessibility at 160 N. LaSalle St., 5th Floor Auditorium and via livestream. Board members present at this...more
Applicants for new/renewed licenses must address climate issues - The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) is proposing regulatory revisions in response to the effects of a changing climate,...more
The Illinois Gaming Board held its monthly meeting on Thursday, December 7, 2023. The meeting was hybrid with in-person accessibility at 160 N. LaSalle St., 6th Floor Legislative Hearing Room and via livestream. Board members...more
Liquor permits in Ohio are issued and regulated by the Ohio Division of Liquor Control (the ODLC), which operates under the Ohio Department of Commerce. Liquor licenses allow individuals and businesses to legally produce,...more
Alaska's Alcohol & Marijuana Control Office (AMCO) on Sept. 18, 2023, released the much-anticipated Alaska Alcohol and Cannabis Information System (AK-ACCIS), an online web portal that will allow entities to apply for, renew...more
Effective July 1, 2023, liquor-by-the-drink license holders – aka LBD – can choose their license expiration date. This allows restaurants, bars, hotels and other LBD license holders with multiple licenses to set one or more...more
Pillsbury’s communications lawyers have published the FCC Enforcement Monitor monthly since 1999 to inform our clients of notable FCC enforcement actions against FCC license holders and others. This month’s issue includes: ...more
On January 10, 2023 by the Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS), issued an order regarding two companies, West Realm Shires Services, Inc. dba FTX US (“FTX US”) and FTX Lend Inc. Both companies are...more
Annual EEO Public File Report- Radio and television station employment units (SEUs) located in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, New Jersey and New York with five or more full-time employees must...more
With the end of another year soon upon us, we have begun to look forward to the highs, lows, joys, and filings that 2023 has in store. In accordance with a Pillsbury holiday tradition, earlier this month we published our...more
Television stations licensed in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont must file license renewal applications by Thursday, December 1, 2022. Pursuant to the Federal Communications...more
Full power TV, Class A TV, LPTV, and TV Translator stations licensed to communities in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont must file their license renewal applications by December 1,...more
ecember 1, 2022 is the license renewal application filing deadline for commercial and noncommercial TV broadcast stations licensed to communities in the following states: Full Power TV, Class A, LPTV, and TV Translator...more
The Illinois Gaming Board (IGB) held its hybrid monthly meeting on Thursday, July 28, 2022. IGB board members were physically present at the meeting, while few were in the audience. Board members present included Chairman...more
Television stations licensed in California must file license renewal applications by Monday, August 1, 2022. Pursuant to the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC’s or Commission’s) public notice rule, a television station...more
The Illinois Gaming Board held its first hybrid monthly meeting on Thursday, June 16, 2022. The full board attended the meeting in person, including Chairman Schmadeke, Member Hayden, Member Bell and Member Garcia. However,...more
As readers of this blog know from prior posts linked here, Minnesota instituted new licensure categories for assisted living facilities last year. Those initial one-year licenses were granted by the Minnesota Department of...more
Most licensing boards in the State of Arkansas give their licensees a chance to respond, normally in writing, to the complaint against them. Those that do, generally give a 30-day response deadline. Many boards will give...more
Radio stations licensed in Delaware and Pennsylvania must file license renewal applications by Friday, April 1, 2022. Pursuant to the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC’s or Commission’s) public notice rule, a radio...more
February 1, 2022 is the license renewal application filing deadline for commercial and noncommercial radio and TV broadcast stations licensed to communities in the following states: Full Power AM and FM, Low Power FM,...more
Radio stations licensed in New Jersey and New York must file license renewal applications by Tuesday, February 1, 2022. Pursuant to the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC’s or Commission’s) public notice rule, a radio...more