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The FCC’s Political File Rules: Is Your Station in Full Compliance?

Super Tuesday is less than two weeks away, Michael Bloomberg is spending a king’s ransom on political advertisements, and the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) is actively engaged in investigating stations’ compliance with the political file rules. Now is the time to make sure your station staff understands the FCC’s political file requirements and implements any … Continue Reading

NOW AVAILABLE: 2018 Political Broadcast Webinar

On the eve of the 2018 mid-term elections, broadcasters will soon have to navigate the FCC’s rules on political broadcasting. To assist with this, Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth’s Dan Kirkpatrick, Frank Montero, and Scott Johnson, were joined by the FCC’s Bobby Baker and Gary Schonman to present, in collaboration with the Colorado Broadcasters Association, a webinar on … Continue Reading

Supreme Court Says A Lot by Saying Little

In two terse-to-the-point-of-cryptic orders, the Supreme Court closed out its most recent term by sending important signals about (a) the future of election laws as they pertain to advertising and (b) the application of copyright law to new technologies.… Continue Reading
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