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CommLawBlog
FCC Fine-Tunes Experimental Licensing Rules
By FHH Law
New changes affect radio astronomy frequencies, emergency service providers, and medical telemetry bands, among others. It doesn’t matter if you’re a technology titan, a two-man start-up in a garage, or…
Media Law Prof Blog
Alternative Licenses and the Dutch Copyright Act
Thomas Dysart, University of Oxford Faculty of Law, is publishing Author-Protective Rules and Alternative Licences: A Review of the Dutch Copyright Contract Act in volume 2015 of the European Intellectual…
ImmigrationProf Blog
DACA Recipent Admission to NY Bar Delayed
The Des Moines Register reports that Cesar Adrian Vargas, who made history this month when a New York court ruled that, as a DACA recipient, he was eligible to practice law…
Socially Aware Blog
The NYDFS Finalizes its BitLicense Proposal
By Obrea Poindexter, Jeremy Mandell, Trevor R. Salter
On June 3, 2015, the New York Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”) issued a final rule regarding its “BitLicense” regulatory regime (“Final Rule”). The Final Rule follows an initial proposal…
Tech Law Blog
Licensing of Private Investigators mandatory from 1 November 2015
On 14 May 2015, the Private Security (Licensing and Standards) (Private Investigator) Regulations 2015 (S.I. No 195 of 2015) were signed into law. The Regulations mark the outcome of a…
The Contingency
Seven Years, and a Verdict, Down the Drain
Snares Patent law features so many traps that even the wary fall in one now and then. It happened again last week. This time the ruling concerned standing, an issue…
CommLawBlog
Update: FCC Officially Releases Pre-Auction Technical Certification Form, Reminds TV Licensees of Pre-Auction Licensing Deadline
By FHH Law
Following our lead, the FCC has now reminded TV licensees of the upcoming Pre-Auction Licensing Deadline -- and it has officially released Form 2100, Schedule 381.
Arbitration Nation
Fifth Circuit Finds Parties Can Authorize Arbitrators By Their Conduct
By Liz Kramer
The Fifth Circuit un-vacated an arbitration award last week, holding the district court had wrongly concluded that the court was the proper decision-maker on contract formation. Although courts are presumptively authorized…
Legal Ease Blog
New York to Move to Uniform Bar Exam
Despite opposition from many lawyers and bar associations throughout the state, Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman announced today that New York State will begin administering the Uniform Bar Exam (UBE) beginning…
Rocky Mountain Real Estate Law
Sixty Days and Counting for Colorado Professional HOA Managers to Get Licensed
July 1, 2015 is the deadline for HOA Managers to be licensed by the Colorado Division of Real Estate (DRE). HB 13-1277, signed in 2013, is about to go into…