Supreme Court Rejects the Chevron Doctrine – What Does it Mean for Broadcasters Regulated By the FCC? 

By |2024-07-02T10:30:25-05:00July 2nd, 2024|Legal News|

Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the longstanding Chevron doctrine, which required courts to defer to expert regulatory agencies, like the FCC, when interpreting ambiguous statutes, unless the agency acted unreasonably.  Since the decision, we have seen all sorts of TV pundits predicting the end of “the administrative state” (presumably meaning the end of the many... Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters:  June 24, 2024 to June 28, 2024

By |2024-06-30T06:53:22-05:00June 30th, 2024|Legal News|

Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from this past week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations. On our Broadcast Law Blog, we highlighted upcoming regulatory deadlines for broadcasters in July and early August, including Quarterly Issues... Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters:  February 5, 2024 to February 9, 2024

By |2024-02-11T09:57:27-06:00February 11th, 2024|Legal News|

Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the past week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations. On our Broadcast Law Blog, we discussed how a recent Congressional hearing on the impact of streaming media on sports... Continue Reading…

What Does the Supreme Court’s Review of the Chevron Doctrine Mean for Media Companies Challenging Decisions of the FCC and Other Government Agencies? 

By |2024-02-08T08:16:51-06:00February 8th, 2024|Legal News|

Today’s post will be a bit more into the legal weeds than many of our articles, addressing the standards used by courts to review the decisions of administrative agencies like the FCC.  Last month, there was a Supreme Court argument in a case called Relentless, Inc. v. Department of Commerce that the popular press suggested... Continue Reading…

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