Broadcasters Should Evaluate Attack Ads for Liability Concerns in the Final Weeks Before the November Election

By |2024-10-10T10:32:50-05:00October 10th, 2024|Legal News|

With less than a month to go before the November election, we can expect more and more attack ads, some of which may lead to cease and desist letters from the candidate being attacked.  These letters can raise the risk of defamation claims against broadcasters and cable companies when the ads are not bought by... Continue Reading…

Broadcasters Should Evaluate Attack Ads for Liability Concerns in the Final Weeks Before the November Election

By |2024-10-10T10:32:50-05:00October 10th, 2024|Legal News|

With less than a month to go before the November election, we can expect more and more attack ads, some of which may lead to cease and desist letters from the candidate being attacked.  These letters can raise the risk of defamation claims against broadcasters and cable companies when the ads are not bought by... Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: May 27, 2024 to May 31, 2024

By |2024-06-02T10:12:04-05:00June 2nd, 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 highlighted upcoming regulatory deadlines for broadcasters for June and early July.  We also reminded... Continue Reading…

Artificial Intelligence in Political Ads – Media Companies Beware

By |2023-11-06T10:29:34-06:00November 6th, 2023|Legal News|

In the Washington Post last weekend, an op-ed article suggested that political candidates should voluntarily renounce the use of artificial intelligence in their campaigns.  The article seemed to be looking for candidates to take the actions that governments have largely thus far declined to mandate.  As we wrote back in July, despite calls from some... Continue Reading…

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