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Rural Spectrum Scanner
FCC Adopts New Security Requirements for International Section 214 Authorization Holders
The Federal Communications Commission has adopted a Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking modernizing its international Section 214 framework. The new rules require international Section 214 applicants…
Truth on the Market
The FCC’s Public Interest in Your Personnel Files
By Ben Sperry
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) licenses television stations. Does that make it Disney’s human resources department? The agency seems to think so, invoking a “public interest” mandate to investigate the…
Broadcast Law Blog
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: October 12, 2026 to October 16, 2026
By David Oxenford, Keenan Adamchak
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…
Broadcast Law Blog
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: September 21, 2026 to September 25, 2026
By David Oxenford, Keenan Adamchak
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…
Broadcast Law Blog
4th Circuit Court of Appeals Rejects FCC Media Bureau’s Extension of LUC to Ads by Political Parties and Joint Fundraising Committees – What Comes Next?
Last week, we wrote about the appeal pending in the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals reviewing the Public Notice issued by the FCC’s Media Bureau which “reminded” broadcasters that they…
Broadcast Law Blog
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: August 10, 2026 to August 14, 2026
By David Oxenford, Keenan Adamchak
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…
Rural Spectrum Scanner
FCC Reminds States of Their Obligation to Regulate Pole Attachments and Seeks Comment on the Status of State Pole Attachment Regulation
The FCC has released a Public Notice reminding states that regulate pole attachments of their duty, pursuant to section 224 of the Communications Act, to issue and make effective rules…
Missouri Lawyers Media
Telecoms denied right to jury in FCC data security actions
By Staff Report
Listen to this article Summary U.S. Supreme Court ruled 8-1 that FCC forfeiture orders do not violate the Seventh Amendment right to a jury trial. Case involved more than $100…
Broadcast Law Blog
FCC Media Bureau Public Notice on Processing Applications When “Remedial” Foreign Ownership Petition Is Pending – What Is It All About?
Several recent broadcast trade press articles summarized a Public Notice released this past week by the FCC’s Media Bureau. The Notice deals with the processing of certain broadcast applications when…
Religion Clause
British Court Reverses Conviction of Christian for Sending Offensive Anti- Abortion Emails
In The King v. Skinner, (Crown Ct., April 24, 2026), a British Crown Court set aside a Magistrate Court's conviction under the Communications Act. Defendant was convicted of violating a…