Last week, the FCC opened CORES to accept FY 2024 regulatory fee payments and announced a payment deadline of September 26, 2024. Since that time, however, broadcasters have encountered a number of issues when trying to pay…
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Following last week’s adoption of the 2024 Regulatory Fee Report and Order, which we discussed here, the Federal Communications Commission has released its annual Public Notice setting 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on September 26,…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Communications & Media Law
Friday, the Federal Communications Commission released its Report and Order setting this year’s annual regulatory fee amounts. Payments will be made electronically via the FCC’s Commission Registration System (CORES), but the…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Communications & Media Law
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…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Torts, Communications & Media Law
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…
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/ Communications & Media Law
The FCC last week released a highly anticipated Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) seeking comment on proposed disclosure requirements for political ads containing AI-generated content. The item was adopted earlier this…
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/ Communications & Media Law, Elections & Politics, Science, Computers, & Technology
On July 24, 2024, an en banc panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit released a decision in Consumers’ Research et al. v. FCC holding that the Federal Communications Commission’s Universal Service Fund (“USF”)…
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/ Administrative Law, Communications & Media Law, Constitutional Law
Chairwoman Rosenworcel announced at the FCC’s July 16 open meeting that the Commission is considering adoption of a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) seeking comment on proposals to regulate AI-generated robocalls. The…
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/ Communications & Media Law, Consumer Protection, Science, Computers, & Technology
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) last week warned 13 property owners in the New York City area that illegal FM radio broadcasts were emanating from their properties, and that they could face multi-million dollar fines…
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/ Communications & Media Law, Real Estate - Commercial, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
This advisory is directed to television stations with locally-produced programming whose signals were carried by at least one cable system located outside the station’s local service area or by a satellite provider that provided…
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/ Communications & Media Law, Intellectual Property
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…
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/ Communications & Media Law, Science, Computers, & Technology
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…
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June 1 is the deadline for broadcast stations licensed to communities in Arizona, the District of Columbia, Idaho, Maryland, Michigan, New Mexico, Nevada, Ohio, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wyoming to place their Annual…
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/ Communications & Media Law, Labor & Employment Law
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…
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/ Communications & Media Law
On Tuesday, the Federal Trade Commission announced a new rule banning employee non-compete agreements, treating them as harmful and an “unfair method of competition.” This includes non-competes in the broadcast industry, where…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Communications & Media Law, Labor & Employment Law