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Israel ex-president rejects plea agreement on sexual harassment charges
April 8, 2008
[JURIST] Former Israeli President Moshe Katsav [BBC profile] rejected a controversial plea agreement [JURIST report] Tuesday, opting instead to face rape charges [JURIST report] first brought against him in 2006. Under the terms of the plea agreement, which was upheld [JURIST report] by the.... [more] 
DOJ files suit to collect unpaid FCC indecency fines
April 5, 2008
[JURIST] The US Department of Justice [official website] on Friday sued Fox Broadcasting Company to collect unpaid fines issued for the broadcast of the controversial 2003 reality show "Married by America." Amending an earlier order, the Federal Communications Commission Enforcement Bureau.... [more]
Supreme Court agrees to hear broadcast indecency, Confrontation Clause cases
March 17, 2008
[JURIST] The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] on Monday agreed to hear eight cases [Order List, PDF], including FCC v. Fox Television Stations (07-582) [docket; cert. petition, PDF], where the Court will review a June 2007 ruling [JURIST report] by the US Court of Appeals.... [more]
FCC ready to act on net neutrality: chairman
February 26, 2008
[JURIST] The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said Monday that the FCC is "ready, willing, and able to step in if necessary" to ensure a proper balance is struck between consumer proponents of "net neutrality" principles and the telecommunication industry's interest in.... [more]
FCC overturns media consolidation restriction
December 18, 2007
[JURIST] The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) [official website] Tuesday voted to relax media ownership rules [FCC backgrounder; JURIST news archive], overturning a 32-year-old rule barring media companies from owning both a newspaper and a television station in any one of the top 20 media.... [more]
FCC files Supreme Court appeal in expletives case
November 2, 2007
[JURIST] The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) [official website] Friday asked the US Supreme Court to review a decision [opinion, PDF; JURIST report] by the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in New York vacating an FCC determination [FCC order] that Fox Television broadcasts.... [more]
FCC chair wants vote on media ownership rules by December
October 18, 2007
[JURIST] FCC Chairman Kevin J. Martin [official profile] has circulated a schedule that calls for a final FCC vote in December on a proposal to relax media ownership rules [FCC backgrounder]. Under the current rules, a company may not own a television station and a newspaper in the same market,.... [more]
FCC again refuses investigation of telecom involvement in NSA domestic spying
October 8, 2007
[JURIST] The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) [official website] will not investigate allegations made last year that several large telephone companies handed over customer phone records to the government as part of the domestic surveillance program [JURIST news archive] conducted by the.... [more]
FCC will not reinstate Fairness Doctrine: chairman
July 26, 2007
[JURIST] The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) [official website] will not reinstate the Fairness Doctrine, according to a letter [excerpts] released Thursday to Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN) [official website] by FCC Chairman Kevin Martin. The Fairness Doctrine [MBC backgrounder], under which.... [more]
Senate panel backs bill giving FCC more power on indecency sanctions
July 20, 2007
[JURIST] The US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on Thursday approved the Protecting Children from Indecent Programming Act [S 1780 text, PDF], which, if enacted, will give the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) broader authority to sanction television and radio.... [more]
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