This Week in Regulation For Broadcasters: April 2, 2022 to April 8, 2022

By |2022-04-09T15:03:36-05:00April 9th, 2022|Legal News|

Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the last week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations. Broadcast operations that use uninterruptable power supply (UPS) devices as either a primary or backup power source should be alert... Continue Reading…

House of Representatives Passes MORE Act to Remove Marijuana from Schedule I – Don’t Rush to Start Airing Pot Ads Yet

By |2022-04-05T11:15:36-05:00April 5th, 2022|Legal News|

Last week, the US House of Representatives passed the MORE Act which, if enacted, would take marijuana off the list of Schedule I drugs – those drugs whose possession and distribution is a federal felony, as is the use of the radio waves to promote their use.  As we have warned before (see, for instance,... Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: March 26, 2022 to April 1, 2022

By |2022-04-03T09:57:53-05:00April 3rd, 2022|Legal News|

Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the last week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations. The US House of Representatives, in a bipartisan vote, passed the MORE Act, a bill to decriminalize marijuana at the... Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: March 26, 2022 to April 1, 2022

By |2022-04-03T09:57:53-05:00April 3rd, 2022|Legal News|

Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the last week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations. The US House of Representatives, in a bipartisan vote, passed the MORE Act, a bill to decriminalize marijuana at the... Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: December 5, 2020 to December 11, 2020

By |2020-12-12T23:35:32-06:00December 12th, 2020|Legal News|

Here are some of the regulatory developments of the last week of significance to broadcasters, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations. The FCC, at the last of its monthly open meetings of 2020, voted to adopt new rules for Broadcast Internet... Continue Reading…

MORE Act Passes House – But Don’t Rush to Run Marijuana Ads on Your Broadcast Station

By |2020-12-10T09:17:25-06:00December 10th, 2020|Legal News|

Last week, there was much written in the press about the MORE Act passing in the House of Representatives, taking actions to decriminalize marijuana under federal law.  This would include removing marijuana from Schedule I, which is the list of drugs whose use for almost all purposes is prohibited in the United States.  The passage... Continue Reading…

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