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FCC requests Supreme Court review of Super Bowl incident
In the midst of the Supreme Court’s deliberation of whether the FCC permissibly fined broadcasters for “fleeting expletives” in FCC v. Fox, the Commission…
November 21, 2008
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Supreme Court hears arguments in indecency case
With all the chuckles, celebrity comments and linguistic explorations into the meaning of the word “fuck,” the oral arguments Tuesday in…
November 4, 2008
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FCC Super Bowl fine out of bounds, court says
A federal appeals court today decided CBS Corp. will not have to pay a $550,000 fine for the 2004 Super…
July 21, 2008
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DOJ takes Fox to court over FCC fines
Following Fox Broadcasting Co.’s announcement at the end of last month that it would not comply with FCC fines, the Justice…
April 7, 2008
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Court says Web site not immune under Section 230
A federal court of appeals ruling limiting the scope of protection under the Communications Decency Act will not drastically affect…
April 7, 2008
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Supreme Court agrees to hear indecency case
The U.S. Supreme Court today agreed to hear the Federal Communications Commission's appeal of a lower court ruling, which found…
March 17, 2008
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NBC joins fight against FCC
On the heels of court filings by Fox, ABC and CBS, NBC joined its competitors last week in asking the…
February 5, 2008
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The excitable FCC
The Federal Communications Commission has decided to fine ABC stations that aired a 2002 episode of "NYPD Blue" the highest…
January 28, 2008
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