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FCC Commissioner O'Rielly's Statement on the Sinclair/Tribune HDO
Media Law Prof Blog
JULY 17, 2018
FCC Commissioner Michael O'Rielly's statement on the Sinclair/Tribune Hearing Designation Order (HDO
Statement Related Topics 
Eros Beats Investor Suit Over Statements About Streaming Platform
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
SEPTEMBER 25, 2017
The company touted 30 million users for Eros Now. The judge rules it was never said they were "meaningful" users. read more. THR, Esq. Business Movies Tech Business THR Online
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Website Marketing Statements: The Achilles’Heel to CDA Protection?
New Media and Technology Law
SEPTEMBER 11, 2014
July 24, 2014), the plaintiff brought state law claims for unfair competition and false advertising alleging that Yelp engaged in false advertising based upon marketing statements stating that user reviews passed through a filter that gave consumers “the most trusted reviews” and only “suppresse[d] a small portion of reviews.”. Online Commerce Online Content CDA immunity CDA Section 230 consumer review websites marketing statements
FTC Issues Enforcement Policy Statement on Native Advertising in New Media
New Media and Technology Law
JANUARY 4, 2016
Following up on its findings, in December 2015, the agency released its Enforcement Policy Statement on Deceptively Formatted Advertisements , which lays out the general principles the Commission considers in determining whether any particular ad format is deceptive and violates the FTC Act. According to the Policy Statement, under FTC principles, advertisers cannot use “deceptive door openers” to induce consumers to view advertising content.
Statements of FCC Commissioners Regarding Expansion of the Spectrum
Media Law Prof Blog
AUGUST 6, 2015
FCC Chair Tom Wheeler's statement regarding the expansion of the spectrum through incentive auctions. Commissioner Clyburn's statement. Commissioner Pai's statement. Commissioner O'Rielly's statement. Statement of the FCC regarding decision to promote competition
Blogger Retracts "Escort" Statements About Melania Trump, Settles Suit
Media Law Prof Blog
FEBRUARY 7, 2017
Variety reports that Melania Trump has come to a settlement with Maryland blogger Webster Tarpley who alleged that she had worked as an escort. Mr. Tarpley acknowledged that his writing was defamatory, according to the Variety article, saying that "I
Harvard’s Statement on Ravel Law’s Acquisition By LexisNexis Confirms Continued Public Access to Cases
Media Law
JUNE 9, 2017
The post Harvard’s Statement on Ravel Law’s Acquisition By LexisNexis Confirms Continued Public Access to Cases appeared first on Robert Ambrogi's LawSites. As I reported yesterday, LexisNexis has acquired legal-research start-up Ravel Law. One of Ravel’s most significant projects over the past two years has been its collaboration with Harvard Law School to digitize Harvard’s entire collection of U.S.
FCC Chair Issues Statement On Individual Who Threatened Representative Katko Regarding Vote On Net Neutrality
Media Law Prof Blog
NOVEMBER 30, 2017
FCC Chair Ajit Pai issued a statement on November 30, 2017 regarding criminal charges that federal prosecutors have issued against an individual who has allegedly made threats against John Katko (R-NY), who represents New York's 24th District.
Does Jared Kushner’s statement offer clarity? | MSNBC
Communications And Entertainment Law Blog
JULY 24, 2017
Does Jared Kushner’s statement offer clarity? MSNBC
Hulk Hogan, Gawker Make Opening Statements in Sex Tape Trial
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
MARCH 7, 2016
A Florida jury gets to decide whether a Gawker post crossed the line between free speech and an unfair privacy intrusion. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Television Culture Tech Business THR Online Hulk Hogan
FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai Releases Statement On Broadband Deployment
Media Law Prof Blog
OCTOBER 15, 2015
FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai has released a statement concerning deployment of broadband throughout the U.S. It begins: The American government needs to embrace the IP transition. Consumers and private enterprise already have done so, recognizing that next-generation technologies such as
Trump attorney fed statement to publicist for Russians about Trump Tower meeting | US news | The Guardian
Communications And Entertainment Law Blog
MAY 16, 2018
One of the attorneys gave an entire prepared statement to a publicist for the Russian businessman who requested the meeting, and said it “would be our preference” if he did not say anything else to the press. Collusion anyone?
Bill Cosby Accusers Ask Court to Rule He Admitted Liability for Spokespersons' Statements
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
SEPTEMBER 29, 2016
A new motion takes issue with Cosby's cursory responses to a defamation lawsuit. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Television Business THR Online
NAACP | NAACP STATEMENT ON PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Communications And Entertainment Law Blog
NOVEMBER 13, 2016
"Baltimore, MD – NAACP National President and CEO Cornell William Brooks issued the following statement regarding the results of the 2016 presidential election: “Even as we extend our congratulations to President-Elect Donald J. NAACP | NAACP STATEMENT ON PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
The DACA recipients interning in Congress: ‘Just being here is a statement' - The Washington Post
Communications And Entertainment Law Blog
DECEMBER 19, 2017
The DACA recipients interning in Congress: ‘Just being here is a statement' - The Washington Post
Statement of APA President Regarding the Traumatic Effects of Separating Immigrant Families
Communications And Entertainment Law Blog
JUNE 19, 2018
Statement of APA President Regarding the Traumatic Effects of Separating Immigrant Families
SPLC statement on DeVos’ suggestion that schools can report undocumented students to ICE | Southern Poverty Law Center
Communications And Entertainment Law Blog
MAY 31, 2018
Via.) SPLC statement on DeVos’ suggestion that schools can report undocumented students to ICE | Southern Poverty Law Center "The SPLC strongly opposes the suggestion this week by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos that schools can report undocumented students to U.S.
Donald Trump Jr.’s stunningly incriminating statement to the New York Times - The Washington Post
Communications And Entertainment Law Blog
JULY 9, 2017
Smoking gun number 2 analysis "In a statement on Sunday, Donald Trump Jr. Her statements were vague, ambiguous and made no sense. s statement is an attempt to minimize the value of what the lawyer actually told him.
Former "Apprentice" contestant Summer Zervos reads her statement
Communications And Entertainment Law Blog
OCTOBER 14, 2016
FCC Chair Wheeler's Statement on Oversight of the Commission, Delivered to House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology
Media Law Prof Blog
MARCH 22, 2016
Link to FCC Chair Tom Wheeler's statement on Oversight of the Federal Communications Commission, delivered to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, U.S.
FCC Chair's Statement On Broadband Consumers and Internet Congestion
Media Law Prof Blog
JUNE 16, 2014
From the FCC news release: “For some time now we have been talking about protecting Internet consumers. At the heart of this is whether Internet Service Providers (ISPs) that provide connectivity in the final mile to the home can advantage
A Tribe Called Quest showed the Grammys how political statements are done (VIDEO).
Communications And Entertainment Law Blog
FEBRUARY 14, 2017
A Tribe Called Quest showed the Grammys how political statements are done (VIDEO).
New York Court Rules "Gay" Statement Not Slanderous Per Se
Media Law Prof Blog
JUNE 1, 2012
A New York state appellate court has ruled that the statement that someone is gay is not slanderous per se. In doing so, the court overruled the Matherson v. Marcello ("Good Rats") case of 1984. Citing among others the Lawrence
A Statement From The Hollywood Reporter
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
SEPTEMBER 14, 2011
edit@hollywoodreporter.com (THR staff) read more. THR, Esq. The Business Business
The Constitutionality of False Statements of Fact
Media Law Prof Blog
FEBRUARY 1, 2011
Mark Tushnet, Harvard Law School, has published 'Telling Me Lies': The Constitutionality of Regulating False Statements of Fact as Harvard Public Law Working Paper No. 11-02. Here is the abstract. Using recent decisions dealing with the constitutionality of the Stolen
FCC Acting Chair Mignon Clyburn Releases Statement To Staff
Media Law Prof Blog
MAY 20, 2013
STATEMENT FROM FCC ACTING CHAIRWOMAN MIGNON CLYBURN TO STAFF “By now you may have heard, that President Obama has asked me to serve as Acting Chair of the FCC, pending the confirmation of Tom Wheeler. I wish to express my
Fox News Battles Lindsay Lohan in Court Over Statement Her Mom Is An "Enabler"
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
JULY 20, 2015
Lohan worries that Fox News audiences got the overall impression she "might become the next celebrity to join the obituary list." read more. THR, Esq. Television Television THR Online
The Nashville Statement Is an Attack on L.G.B.T. Christians - The New York Times
Communications And Entertainment Law Blog
SEPTEMBER 1, 2017
The Nashville Statement, released by the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood on Tuesday, says that only heterosexuality is permissible, calls people born with intersex conditions “disordered,” derides transgender identities as “transgenderism” and makes clear that anyone who is an L.G.B.T. The Nashville Statement Is an Attack on L.G.B.T. Incredibly ignorant and bigoted. No wonder these neanderthals support Trump.
EC: Commission sends Statement of Objections to Google on Android operating system and applications
Music Technology Policy
MAY 19, 2016
The Commission’s concerns are outlined in a Statement of Objections addressed to Google and its parent company, Alphabet. Sending a Statement of Objections does not prejudge the outcome of the investigation. The European Commission has informed Google of its preliminary view that the company has, in breach of EU antitrust rules, abused its dominant position by imposing restrictions on Android device manufacturers and mobile network operators.
CosmoLex Adds Automated Bank Reconciliation, Importing of Bank and Credit Card Statements, and Third-Party Integration Platform
Media Law
NOVEMBER 19, 2015
Key highlights of this new version are the ability to import bank and credit card statements and automation of the month-end reconciliation process. The post CosmoLex Adds Automated Bank Reconciliation, Importing of Bank and Credit Card Statements, and Third-Party Integration Platform appeared first on Robert Ambrogi's LawSites. Being released today is a new version 3.3 of cloud practice management platform CosmoLex.
ACLU Statement on President's Guantánamo Comments
Communications And Entertainment Law Blog
APRIL 30, 2013
We couldn''t agree more with President Obama''s statement that the ''idea that we would still maintain forever a group of individuals who have not been tried – that is contrary to who we are, it is contrary to our interests, and it needs to stop.''" ACLU Statement on President''s Guantánamo Comments NEW YORK – At a press briefing today, President Obama restated his belief that the prison at Guantánamo should be closed. Anthony D.
Rep. Jerry Nadler’s Statement Calling for Fair Treatment Under Copyright
Music Technology Policy
JUNE 10, 2014
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-10), the Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet, delivered an opening statement at the hearing on “Music Licensing Under Title 17 Part One.”. The following is the full text of Congressman Nadler’s opening statement (as prepared for delivery): “Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for holding this hearing on ‘Music Licensing Under Title 17,’ as part of the committee’s comprehensive copyright review.
The Nashville Statement Is an Attack on L.G.B.T. Christians - The New York Times
Communications And Entertainment Law Blog
SEPTEMBER 1, 2017
The Nashville Statement Is an Attack on L.G.B.T. You wonder why Trump does not condemn Nazi supporters. This is what Trump’s “America First” means: A white America (committed, to be sure, to “take care of our African American people”), living behind higher walls and screens, lashing out to prove its strength and then retreating again — not a government suspiciously tolerant of foreign threats. And this is also largely what “America First” has historically meant.
Hilty and Richter on the Position Statement of the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition on the Proposed Modernisation of European Copyright Rules Part B Exceptions and Limitations @MP_Innovation
Media Law Prof Blog
MARCH 6, 2017
Reto Hilty and Heiko Richter, both of the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition, have published Position Statement of the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition on the Proposed Modernisation of European Copyright Rules Part B Exceptions and
PayPal Statement on New York Times Investigation
Communications And Entertainment Law Blog
JULY 29, 2012
Statement on New York Times Investigation PayPal describes how it was pressures by the U.S. government Department of State to withhold payments to the New York Times as a result of it publishing articles supplied by Wikileaks. This governmental action is in direct violation of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in the Pentagon Papers case. John H. Armwood
FCC Chair Tom Wheeler's Statement on Open Internet Rules
Media Law Prof Blog
FEBRUARY 19, 2014
From FCC.gov. In its Verizon v. FCC decision, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit invited the Commission to act to preserve a free and open Internet. I intend to accept that invitation by proposing
On "Crush Videos" and Signing Statements
Copyrights & Campaigns
JANUARY 6, 2009
The First Amendment issues are interesting, but what caught my eye was the following passage from the article: When President Bill Clinton signed the bill into law, he issued a statement instructing the Justice Department to limit prosecutions to “wanton cruelty to animals designed to appeal to a prurient interest in sex.” Whatever else may be said of presidential signing statements, they do not bind the next administration.
Does Comey's statement give grounds to impeach Trump? The experts' view. Legal experts say written testimony presents evidence of obstruction of justice, but there are mixed opinions on whether it would be enough for impeachment | US news | The Guardian
Communications And Entertainment Law Blog
JUNE 8, 2017
Does Comey's statement give grounds to impeach Trump? The experts' view | US news | The Guardian
French Actress Sues Magazine Over Its Statements About Alleged Affair
Media Law Prof Blog
JANUARY 16, 2014
Julie Gayet, the actress named as the other party in Closer magazine''s article about French President Francois Hollande''s affair, is now suing the magazine. She is alleging invasion of privacy and asking 54,000 Euros (50,000 for the privacy invasion and
Hilty and Moscon on Modernization of the EU Copyright Rules Position Statement of the Max Planck Institute For Innovation and Competition @MP_Innovation
Media Law Prof Blog
SEPTEMBER 26, 2017
Reto Hilty, Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition; University of Zurich; Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, and Valentina Moscon, Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition; Università degli Studi di Trento - Faculty of Law, have published Modernisation of
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