Radio and television station employment units (SEUs) located in Alabama, Georgia, Colorado, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont with five...more
11/5/2025
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Deadlines ,
EEO ,
FCC ,
Filing Requirements ,
Government Agencies ,
Radio Broadcasting ,
Radio Stations ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Statutory Deadlines ,
Telecommunications ,
Television Broadcast Stations ,
Television Service Providers
On October 7, 2025, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) released a draft Fifth Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (draft FNPRM) that, if adopted at the October 2025 Open Commission Meeting, would have...more
10/10/2025
/ Broadcasting ,
Comment Period ,
Encryption ,
FCC ,
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) ,
Proposed Rules ,
Public Meetings ,
Public Notice ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Spectrum ,
Telecommunications ,
Television Broadcast Stations ,
Wireless Technology
On September 30, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) voted 3-0 to approve a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), starting the next phase of the FCC’s 2022 Quadrennial Review to examine whether certain...more
10/3/2025
/ Broadcasting ,
Comment Period ,
Competition ,
FCC ,
Mergers ,
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) ,
NPRM ,
Proposed Rules ,
Public Comment ,
Public Interest ,
Radio Broadcasting ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Statutory Interpretation ,
Telecommunications ,
Television Broadcast Stations
On September 9, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a draft Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (draft NPRM) that, if adopted at the September 2025 Open Commission Meeting, would commence the next phase of the...more
9/11/2025
/ Broadcasting ,
Comment Period ,
Competition ,
FCC ,
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) ,
NPRM ,
Proposed Rules ,
Public Interest ,
Radio Broadcasting ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Telecommunications ,
Television Broadcast Stations
Radio and television station employment units (SEUs) located in Florida, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Iowa, Missouri, Alaska, Guam, Hawaii, Oregon, America Samoa, and Washington with five or more full-time employees must...more
9/8/2025
/ Compliance ,
EEO ,
Employer Responsibilities ,
FCC ,
Filing Deadlines ,
Filing Requirements ,
Radio Broadcasting ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Telecommunications ,
Television Programming
On September 3, 2025, the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Media Bureau released a Public Notice beginning a phased process to lift the current freeze on major changes for Class A television, low power television...more
9/5/2025
/ Broadcasting ,
Comment Period ,
FCC ,
Filing Deadlines ,
Filing Requirements ,
Public Notice ,
Regulatory Freeze ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Telecommunications
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) has announced that the EAS Test Reporting System (ETRS) is now open for Emergency Alert System (EAS) Participants to file Form One. Under the FCC’s rules, EAS...more
8/7/2025
/ Broadcasting ,
Cable Television Providers ,
Communications Act of 1934 ,
Emergency Alerts ,
FCC ,
Filing Deadlines ,
Filing Requirements ,
License Renewals ,
Licensing Rules ,
Radio Broadcasting ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Telecommunications ,
Television Broadcast Stations
On July 23, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit vacated two aspects of the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC or Commission) regulation restricting the number of television stations that one entity...more
7/28/2025
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Appeals ,
Broadcasting ,
Competition ,
Deregulation ,
Eleventh Amendment ,
FCC ,
Judicial Review ,
Ownership Requirements ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Statutory Interpretation ,
Telecommunications ,
Telecommunications Act ,
Television Broadcast Stations
On July 8, 2025, the Federal Register published a summary of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) Public Notice seeking to refresh the record in the National Television Multiple Ownership Rule proceeding,...more
On June 30, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal in Cox Communications, Inc. v. Sony Music Entertainment, setting the stage for the high court to define copyright infringement liability for internet service...more
7/8/2025
/ Appeals ,
Contributory Infringement ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Copyright Litigation ,
Cox Communications ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) ,
Music Industry ,
Petition for Writ of Certiorari ,
SCOTUS ,
Telecommunications ,
Vicarious Liability
Radio and television station employment units (SEUs) located in North Carolina, South Carolina, Illinois, Wisconsin, and California with five or more full-time employees must prepare by Friday, August 1, 2025, an annual EEO...more
7/7/2025
/ Broadcasting ,
California ,
EEO ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
FCC ,
Filing Deadlines ,
Illinois ,
North Carolina ,
Radio Broadcasting ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Telecommunications ,
Television Broadcast Stations ,
Wisconsin
On June 27, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed, in FCC v. Consumers’ Research (Consumers’ Research), the constitutionality of the funding mechanism for the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC or Commission) Universal...more
7/2/2025
/ Appeals ,
Broadband ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
FCC ,
Government Agencies ,
Judicial Authority ,
Non-Delegation Doctrine ,
SCOTUS ,
Statutory Interpretation ,
Telecommunications ,
Telecommunications Act ,
Underserved Locations ,
Universal Service Fund ,
USAC
On June 18, 2025, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) released a Public Notice seeking to refresh the record in the National Television Multiple Ownership Rule proceeding, which has been pending since...more
6/23/2025
/ Acquisitions ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Competition ,
FCC ,
Mergers ,
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) ,
Proposed Rules ,
Public Comment ,
Regulatory Agencies ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Telecommunications ,
Television Broadcast Stations
On May 9, 2025, the U.S. Copyright Office (the Office) released the third and final report in its “Copyright and Artificial Intelligence” series, offering its most comprehensive guidance to date on one of the most contested...more
Radio and television station employment units (SEUs) located in the District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Michigan, Ohio, Arizona, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming with five or more full-time...more
On April 7, 2025, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) released a Public Notice seeking comment on the Petition for Rulemaking (the Petition) filed by the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) asking...more
Radio and television station employment units (SEUs) located in Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Texas, Delaware, and Pennsylvania with five or more full-time employees must prepare by Tuesday, April 1, 2025, an annual EEO...more
On January 29, 2025, the U.S. Copyright Office released its highly anticipated report (the Report) regarding the copyrightability of works created using generative artificial intelligence (AI). The Report concluded that...more
On January 24, 2025, the Trump Administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court to pause briefing in several cases on the current merits docket. In making the request, Acting Solicitor General Sarah Harris explained that the new...more
1/30/2025
/ Biden Administration ,
Clean Air Act ,
Clean Energy ,
Department of Education ,
Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Renewable Energy ,
Renewable Fuel ,
SCOTUS ,
Trump Administration
On January 8, 2025, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) released a Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture (NAL) proposing a $369,190 penalty against a television licensee for willfully and...more
1/22/2025
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Compliance ,
Emergency Alerts ,
Enforcement Actions ,
FCC ,
FEMA ,
Forfeiture ,
Inquiry notice ,
Media ,
Misrepresentation ,
Penalties ,
Public Safety ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Telecommunications
On January 14, 2025, the Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published its Final Rule (Final Rule or the Rule) on “Securing the Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain:...more
1/17/2025
/ Automotive Industry ,
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
China ,
Connected Cars ,
Executive Orders ,
Final Rules ,
Imports ,
National Security ,
PRC ,
Russia ,
Software ,
Supply Chain ,
Technology Sector ,
U.S. Commerce Department
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 prepare by Monday, February 3,...more
1/13/2025
/ Annual Reports ,
Compliance ,
EEO ,
Employees ,
Employer Responsibilities ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Policies ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
FCC ,
Filing Deadlines ,
Labor Regulations ,
Public Records ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements
As we enter the New Year, Wiley is looking ahead to the top privacy developments and trends to watch in 2025. On the state side, 2025 kicked off with several new privacy laws going into effect in January, and states continue...more
1/9/2025
/ Biometric Information ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Brokers ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Personal Data ,
Privacy Laws ,
State Attorneys General ,
State Privacy Laws
Radio and television station employment units (SEUs) located in Alabama, Georgia, Colorado, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont with five...more
On October 1, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) extended the deadline for Emergency Alert System (EAS) Participants to file the EAS Test Reporting System (ETRS) Form One to October 18, 2024. The...more