This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters:  November 14, 2020 to November 20, 2020

By |2020-11-22T10:22:18-06:00November 22nd, 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. After reviewing comments submitted this summer (we wrote about the rulemaking, here), the FCC will vote at its next Open... Continue Reading…

The Law of Defamation and Political Advertising Argued in Trump Suit Against Wisconsin TV Station

By |2020-05-18T10:37:49-05:00May 18th, 2020|Legal News|

Political “issue advertising” – advertising run by groups like PACs and political parties rather than a candidate’s authorized campaign committees – is a rough and tumble world in which broadcasters can often find themselves in the middle.  We’ve written extensively (here, here and here) about how issue advertising can impose additional public file obligations on... Continue Reading…

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