Comments to FCC Overwhelmingly Support Strict Broadcast Indecency Rules
The FCC has been flooded with public comments about broadcast indecency, and the vast majority want the agency to keep its rules intact.
Ravens’ Flacco Drops the F-Bomb
There was (thankfully) no wardrobe malfunction during CBS' broadcast of the Super Bowl, but there was a fleeting expletive. Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco dropped the F-bomb. Celebrating the win [...]
TV’s Good Wife Takes On the FCC
Episodes of The Good Wife are often about take-no-prisoners Chicago politics or cutthroat corporate lawsuits. But Sunday night's episode was a "Capitol" delight, taking on the Federal Communications Commission's broadcast [...]
Supreme Court Declines to Hear Wardrobe Malfunction Case
At long last, we no longer have to think about Janet Jackson's breast.
Fast Chat: Sidley Austin’s Carter Phillips
For Carter Phillips, the Supreme Court's decision in FCC v. Fox was his third win of the week. The Sidley Austin partner, who represented Fox, was one of two attorney [...]
Supreme Court Tosses Broadcast Indecency Back to FCC
After all the teeth-gnashing and nail-biting over how the Supreme Court might address the First Amendment issues plaguing the Federal Communications Commission's broadcast indecency rules for years, the court turned [...]