Lawyers who have worked for a campaign or PAC or party know the story line well. Someone offended by one of your client’s ads gets their lawyer to ask a station airing the ad to take it down, for some reason or another. The station manager gets involved, and before you know it the dispute is […]
Category: FCC
FCC Transition
Obama picked a former lobbyist to head up his FCC transition team, according to this report. Obama is reported to have chosen lawyer and DC insider Henry Rivera, a former Democratic FCC commissioner, lobbyist, and currently a partner at communications law firm Wiley Rein.
Use of “White Space”
The FCC passed a rule to expand to the use of airwaves. Public interest groups lauded the decision, saying the use of white spaces would provide an alternative to what is being offered by telecom giants AT&T and Verizon Wireless.