FCC Enforcement Monitor April 2025

By |2025-04-29T12:51:08-05:00April 29th, 2025|Legal News|

Pillsbury’s communications lawyers have published the FCC Enforcement Monitor monthly since 1999 to inform our clients of notable FCC enforcement actions against FCC license holders and others.  This month’s issue includes: Virginia Sheriff and FCC Determine Public Safety Interference Caused by Handheld Radio Unauthorized Operation by Puerto Rico AM Station Leads to Notice of Violation […]

FCC Enforcement Monitor February 2025

By |2025-02-26T12:57:03-06:00February 26th, 2025|Legal News|

Pillsbury’s communications lawyers have published the FCC Enforcement Monitor monthly since 1999 to inform our clients of notable FCC enforcement actions against FCC license holders and others.  This month’s issue includes: Seven-Figure Fine Proposed for Robocaller Targeting FCC Staff FCC’s Enforcement Bureau Issues Payola Warning to Broadcasters California Noncommercial TV Station Licensee Enters $25,000 Consent […]

FCC Enforcement Monitor September 2024

By |2024-09-25T16:09:51-05:00September 25th, 2024|Legal News|

Pillsbury’s communications lawyers have published the FCC Enforcement Monitor monthly since 1999 to inform our clients of notable FCC enforcement actions against FCC license holders and others.  This month’s issue includes: Massachusetts Man Ordered to Cease Using Interfering Home TV Antenna Unauthorized Transfers of Arkansas Radio Stations Lead to $8,000 Consent Decree STIR/SHAKEN Rule Violations […]

FCC Enforcement Monitor July 2024

By |2024-07-31T10:29:13-05:00July 31st, 2024|Legal News|

Pillsbury’s communications lawyers have published the FCC Enforcement Monitor monthly since 1999 to inform our clients of notable FCC enforcement actions against FCC license holders and others.  This month’s issue includes: Failure to Pay Annual Regulatory Fees Trips Up Texas AM Radio Licensee Communications Provider for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Consumers Resolves Investigation with […]

FCC’s Universal Service Fund Found Unconstitutional by Fifth Circuit

By |2024-07-26T15:52:14-05:00July 26th, 2024|Legal News|

On July 24, 2024, an en banc panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit released a decision in Consumers’ Research et al. v. FCC holding that the Federal Communications Commission’s Universal Service Fund (“USF”) contribution mechanism violates Article I, Section 1 of the Constitution and remanded the issue to the FCC […]

FCC Releases Draft NPRM Considering Broader Regulation of AI-Generated Robocalls

By |2024-07-17T17:05:42-05:00July 17th, 2024|Legal News|

Chairwoman Rosenworcel announced at the FCC’s July 16 open meeting that the Commission is considering adoption of a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) seeking comment on proposals to regulate AI-generated robocalls. The draft NPRM, released this afternoon, is the outgrowth of a November 2023 Notice of Inquiry and follows several recent FCC actions intended to […]

FCC Enforcement Monitor May 2024

By |2024-05-29T13:05:57-05:00May 29th, 2024|Legal News|

Pillsbury’s communications lawyers have published the FCC Enforcement Monitor monthly since 1999 to inform our clients of notable FCC enforcement actions against FCC license holders and others.  This month’s issue includes: FCC Issues Six Notices of Apparent Liability to Pirate Radio Operators Across Massachusetts Affordable Connectivity Program Provider Faces $8 Million Fine and Removal from […]

FCC Announces Exercise of the Disaster Information Reporting System (DIRS)

By |2024-05-28T15:49:59-05:00May 28th, 2024|Legal News|

The FCC released a Public Notice today announcing a June 10-12 exercise of the Disaster Information Reporting System (DIRS).  Communications providers, including broadcast, wireless, satellite, broadband, and wireline providers, interested in participating must register by June 3.    DIRS is the FCC online system through which providers report information on the operational status of communications assets...… Continue Reading

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 […]

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