In January 2025, Covington issued a client alert noting that the National Defense Authorization Act (“NDAA”) for Fiscal Year (“FY”) 2025, which sets annual spending and policy for the Pentagon, introduced new China-related prohibitions on defense contractors and their consultants. The provision is finally set to take effect on June 30, 2026. This client alert provides an update on the new restriction and suggested compliance steps defense contractors, and consultants who work with defense contractor clients, might consider taking before the … Read the rest
Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the past week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations.
- The House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Communications & Technology Subcommittee held an FCC oversight hearing. The hearing featured written testimony from FCC Chairman Carr, Commissioner Gomez, and Commissioner Trusty, and questions to the Commissioners from the committee members on various broadcast issues including public
Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the past week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations.
- The FCC released a Public Notice announcing that, effective 12:01 AM on October 1, the agency will “suspend most operations” in the event of a government shutdown, which has since occurred. During the shutdown, many FCC databases, including those relevant to broadcasters (such as the
At 6:56 a.m. on Thursday, a razor-thin majority of the U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass a sweeping budget bill that would impose draconian cuts to critical public services, allocate billions of dollars to executing President Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant agenda, and gift $ 1.5 trillion in tax breaks to the wealthiest people in the country. The bill now moves to the Senate, where it will only need a simple majority to pass.
The most prominent victims of House Republicans’
The U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”), on April 14, 2025, announced the initiation of an investigation into the imports of pharmaceuticals and pharmaceutical ingredients as well as semiconductors and semiconductor manufacturing equipment in the context of U.S. national security. This move could affect India’s USD 10 billion annual pharmaceutical exports to the U.S.
The BIS investigation would determine whether reliance on foreign pharmaceutical supply chains, particularly active pharmaceutical ingredients (“APIs”) and … Read the rest
Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the past week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations.
- The FCC’s Enforcement Bureau released its second EEO audit notice for 2023, which targets 150 radio and television stations for review of their EEO compliance. The FCC randomly audits approximately 5% of all broadcast stations each year regarding their EEO compliance. Audited stations and their
Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the past week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations.
- FCC Chairwoman Rosenworcel announced that two Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRMs) have been drafted, which, if adopted by the Commission, would seek public comment on proposals to protect consumers from the effects of blackouts lasting more than 24 hours resulting from the failure