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Broadcasters and Other Media Employers Must Navigate the New 2024 Overtime Requirements

By |2024-05-14T15:46:01-05:00May 14th, 2024|Legal News|

On April 23, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor published final regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) that ultimately raise the minimum salary necessary to be exempt from federal overtime rules by 65%. These changes affect all businesses subject to the FLSA, but broadcasters and other media employers may particularly feel the impact […]

Heard About the FTC’s Ban on Non-Competes? The Truth Is Worse

By |2024-04-26T07:15:33-05:00April 26th, 2024|Legal News|

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 they serve a vital purpose that was given short shrift by the FTC.  Stations spend large sums of money and airtime promoting their […]

Media and Telecom Companies Must Adapt to New DOL Rule on Classifying Employees and Independent Contractors

By |2024-01-17T12:31:57-06:00January 17th, 2024|Legal News|

Given that the name of this site is CommLawCenter, our focus is generally on communications law and regulation.  More accurately, however, our focus is on legal developments that affect the media and telecom industries, even when they emanate from entities other than Congress or the FCC.  This is particularly true where a change in non-communications […]

The Pillsbury 2024 Broadcasters’ Calendar–Another Year of Deadlines, Deadlines, Deadlines

By |2023-12-19T11:19:46-06:00December 19th, 2023|Legal News|

The origins of the annual Pillsbury Broadcasters’ Calendar have been lost to time, but it’s safe to say the new 2024 version is at least the 50th edition of this guidebook for the broadcast industry.  While your own personal calendar may be full of “happy dates” like vacations and graduations,  the 2024 Broadcasters’ Calendar is […]

Out With the Old, In With the New: The 2022 Pillsbury Broadcasters’ Calendar

By |2022-01-04T15:58:46-06:00January 4th, 2022|Legal News|

In a yuletide tradition that goes back farther than any of us can remember, each December Pillsbury releases its Broadcasters’ Calendar cataloging the regulatory dates and deadlines facing broadcasters in the coming year.  This past December was no different, with the publication of the 2022 edition of the Pillsbury Broadcasters’ Calendar.  Covering the entire year […]

FOX NFL Pre-Game Emergency Alert Tone Puts Affiliates in a Difficult Position

By |2021-11-29T14:17:25-06:00November 29th, 2021|Legal News|

As the trades have reported, a rather unusual spot appearing to be a FOX NFL promo aired during yesterday’s NFL pre-game show.  What made it particularly unusual was that it included an EAS-like tone, and had a URL at the bottom of the screen for “WWW.FOXNFLEMERGENCYALERT.COM.”  That URL currently links to a “Let’s Go Brandon” […]

FOX NFL Pre-Game Emergency Alert Tone Puts Affiliates in a Difficult Position

By |2021-11-29T14:17:25-06:00November 29th, 2021|Legal News|

As the trades have reported, a rather unusual spot appearing to be a FOX NFL promo aired during yesterday’s NFL pre-game show.  What made it particularly unusual was that it included an EAS-like tone, and had a URL at the bottom of the screen for “WWW.FOXNFLEMERGENCYALERT.COM.”  That URL currently links to a “Let’s Go Brandon” […]

A Thanksgiving Surprise — Your Public File Link Is Broken

By |2021-11-24T13:23:47-06:00November 24th, 2021|Legal News|

With many of their employees either off today or working a half-day in preparation for the Thanksgiving holiday, broadcasters were settling in for what would hopefully be a couple of slow news days and a long weekend.  However, as so often happens, the path out of the station to a Thanksgiving feast has been blocked […]

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