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Broadcasters Need To Pay Heed to FCC's EEO Requirements

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 5/20/2024

The Federal Communications Commission recently reinstated commercial and noncommercial television and radio broadcasters' obligation to annually report workforce composition data, including the gender, race, and ethnicity of...more

Alert: FCC Makes it Easier for Broadcasters and Cable Operators to Rehire Laid Off Employees

Cooley LLP on 5/6/2020

The Federal Communications Commission has released an order making it easier for broadcasters and cable operators to rehire employees laid off as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. ...more

The State AG Report Weekly Update August 2018 #4

Cozen O'Connor on 8/24/2018

2018 AG Elections- Republican Bernard Pepukayi Announces Candidacy for Delaware Attorney General- Attorney Bernard Pepukayi, formerly a Democrat, announced that he has switched his political affiliation and has filed to...more

Your Daily Dose of Financial News

Robins Kaplan LLP on 7/17/2018

Yesterday, federal officials unveiled an ongoing EEOC investigation into whether Uber “discriminated against women in hiring and pay” that began last August. The news extends Uber’s streak of investigations and brutal PR well...more

2018 and its first EEO Audit

Womble Bond Dickinson on 4/12/2018

New Procedures: Old Problems – Don’t get caught off guard! On February 26, the Media Bureau issued its first Equal Employment Opportunity (“EEO”) audit of 2018 to randomly selected radio and television stations. There are...more

FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ December 2017

Pillsbury - CommLawCenter on 12/29/2017

Pillsbury’s communications lawyers have published FCC Enforcement Monitor monthly since 1999 to inform our clients of notable FCC enforcement actions against FCC license holders and others. The FCC proposed a $20,000...more

Déjà Vu All Over Again: The Ninth Circuit Finds Concrete Injury in Spokeo Remand

BCLP on 8/17/2017

The U.S. Supreme Court held in its 2016 Spokeo decision that for a plaintiff to have standing to assert a claim based on a statutory violation that the plaintiff must have suffered real—and not just legal— harm. Spokeo...more

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