Communications Law

This is FindLaw’s collection of Communications Law articles, part of the Corporate Counsel Center Law Library. Communications law is concerned with the regulation of radio and TV broadcasting to ensure satisfactory service and to prevent chaos. The law covers a variety of issues – media law, First Amendment, cable and broadcasting law, computer and internet law, and telecommunications. The federal government has largely governed broadcasting because by its nature broadcasting transcends state boundaries. Law articles in this archive are predominantly written by lawyers for a professional audience seeking business solutions to legal issues. Start your free research with FindLaw.

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Wireless Telecommunications Investment Scams

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is offering guidelines to help protect potential investors in wireless telecommunications services from being defrauded by unscrupulous promoters. Recently there has been a surge in the number of reported ...
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Y2K Stalks the Unwary Small Business

Small business beware: the Y2K bug may bite you the hardest. In the waning hours of the 21st Century, the myths and misconceptions about Year 2000, or the "Millennium Bug," or "Y2K" - however one refers to it - are rampant. And small businesses ...
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Year 2000 Compliance: An Issue for All Businesses

Virtually every business, almost without exception, must face the reality that it will have to take steps to become "Year 2000 compliant" or face potential liability in the coming years. The source of the Year 2000 compliance problem is the practice ...
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Year 2000 Information and Readiness Disclosure Act

On October 19, 1998 President Clinton signed the Year 2000 Information and Readiness Disclosure Act ("the Act").The principal purpose of the Act is to encourage companies to share information about the status of their Year 2000 ("Y2K") compliance ...
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Year 2000 Report

The following article was written by Clay L. Gibney, Information Technology Director for Woods Rogers & Hazlegrove, P.L.C. This report represents Mr. Gibney's personal views and may not represent the views of Woods Rogers & Hazlegrove, P.L.C. Mr ...
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Your Right to Federal Records Questions and Answers on the Freedom of Information Act and the Privacy Act

At the time of this publication's printing, the Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments of 1996 became Public Law 104-231. P.L. 104-231 amends the Freedom of Information Act to provide for public access to information in an electronic ...
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Your Right to Federal Records

A joint publication of At the time of this publication's printing, the Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments of 1996 became Public Law 104-231. P.L. 104-231 amends the Freedom of Information Act to provide for public access to ...
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Zeran v. AOL: Why the Fourth Circuit is Wrong

In Zeran v, America Online, Inc.,1 the Fourth Circuit broadly construed subpart (1) of the Good Samaritan exemption, created by the Telecommunications Act of 1996, to exempt interactive computer services2 from negligence claims premised on either ...
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