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USA - June 21 2012
On June 21, 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its ruling in FCC v. Fox Television Stations, Inc. (Fox II). In a decision written by Justice Kennedy, the Court without dissent (Justice Ginsburg concurred in the judgment and Justice Sotomayor did not participate) set aside the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) orders citing Fox and ABC for indecency violations, finding that the agency failed to give the networks prior, fair notice that fleeting expletives and momentary nudity could be found actionably indecent.
USA - May 17 2012
On March 19, 2012, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a Fourth Report and Order and Third Order on Reconsideration (4th R&O), which attempts to resolve issues related to processing the thousands of remaining FM translator applications pending since the 2003 window with an eye toward preserving licensing opportunities for low power FM (LPFM) stations.
USA - February 28 2012
On January 10, 2012, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a Fifth Report and Order (Fifth R&O) that specifies how Emergency Alert System (EAS) participants must implement the requirement to receive alert messages formatted in the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP).
USA - January 27 2012
In ACLU v. Alvarez, the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois (ACLU) filed a lawsuit in district court challenging the constitutionality of the Illinois Eavesdropping Act, as applied to the audio recording of police officers when they are performing their public duties in public places and speaking at a volume audible to the unassisted human ear.
USA - January 19 2012
The Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) proposing changes to the media ownership rules as part of the 2010 Quadrennial Review proceeding was published in the Federal Register on January 19, 2012.
