Broadcasting & Cable - 9 days ago
Three cheers for the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, which last week told the FCC in no uncertain terms that its indecency enforcement regime is indecipherably vague and consequently chills Speech. The issue was the FCC's fi nding that swearing on Fox awards
shows was indecent. The Second Circuit had initially ruled the decisio
Broadcasting & Cable - Jul 13, 2010
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals has thrown out the FCC's
indecency enforcement policy as unconstitutionally vague and chilling.
The Supreme Court had overturned the Second Circuit's original
decision that the policy was an arbitrary and capricious change in policy and
remanded the case back to the Court for a second look.
This time,
Company Town - Jul 13, 2010
The Federal Communications Commission has to decide whether it's better to switch or fight.
A decision by a U.S. Court of Appeals tossing out the FCC's indecency regulations has put the regulatory agency's Oversight over content on broadcast television and radio in limbo.
The
Company Town - Jul 13, 2010
The Federal Communications Commission's indecency rules, which put limits on language and content in broadcast television programming, have been tossed by a federal Appellate Court.
A three-judge panel of the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals in New York called the regulatory agency's indecency regulat
CTV - Jun 23, 2010
New Orleans
— The Louisiana Judge who struck down the Obama Administration's six-month ban on Deepwater Oil Drilling in the Gulf of Mexico has reported extensive investments in the Oil and gas Industry, according to Fin
San Francisco Examiner - Jun 23, 2010
New Orleans
— The Louisiana Judge who struck down the Obama Administration's six-month ban on Deepwater Oil Drilling in the Gulf of Mexico has reported extensive investments in the Oil and gas Industry, according to F
TH Online - May 23, 2010
The candidate who on Tuesday won the Special Election in a Pennsylvania Congressional District is right-to-life and pro-gun. He accused his opponent of wanting heavier taxes. He said he would have voted against Barack Obama's Health Care plan and promised to vote against cap-and-trade legislation, which is a Tax Increase suppose
Broadcasting & Cable - May 21, 2010
CBS says that there is no reading of statute by which the broadcaster can be fined for the Janet Jackson/Justin Timberlake Super Bowl halftime show reveal because it did not intend to air "potentially indecent material."
That came in a supplemental brief to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, which, at the direction of the Supreme Court
Gawker - May 10, 2010
Remind us not to get in a fight with E-Trade: The company is responding to a Defamation suit from Lindsay Lohan with a hundred-page document "detailing Lohan's Drug Abuse, brawls and DWI busts," just to prove she lives in California.
Do you remember in February, when Lindsay Lohan decided to sue E-Tra
Fancast News - Feb 24, 2010
Philadelphia — After six years of legal wrangling and one Supreme Court review of Janet Jackson’s infamous Super Bowl “wardrobe malfunction,” CBS argued anew Tuesday that it should not be held responsible for the half-second of nudity. The 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia had thrown out
