Bulletin Categories: COVID-19

In an Order released earlier this week, the Media Bureau announced a limited waiver of the “widespread requirement”/“broad outreach” requirements of the Commission’s Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) rules in light...

On April 30, 2020, the United States Federal Reserve (Fed) issued additional guidance (Guidance) for the Main Street Lending Program (MSLP).  Among other things, this Guidance expanded and clarified portions...

Recent Federal COVID-19 legislation provides employers with a number of new potential tax credits.  The FFCRA (Phase II relief) requires certain employers to provide COVID-19 related sick-leave and FMLA leave...

Broadcasters’ critical work as “first informers” during the COVID-19 pandemic has been nothing short of exceptional.  You’ve run public service announcements on social distancing, launched special programming and expanded local...

As employers grapple with the economic effects of COVID-19, reductions in hours and furloughs present difficult-but-effective cost reduction strategies. Within those strategies, the amount of unemployment compensation (UC) benefits available...

By Public Notice (the “Notice”) released Thursday afternoon, the FCC has granted full power and Class A television stations a limited waiver of the Commission’s children’s television programming preemption rescheduling...

In a strongly worded letter ruling (the “Order”) issued this week by the FCC’s Office of General Counsel and Media Bureau, the Commission rejected an emergency petition (the “Petition”) recently...

Many OAB members participated in a webinar Monday regarding how to navigate the federal Paycheck Protection Program, also known as the “PPP” – which is a part of the CARES...

In an Order (the “Order”) released Friday afternoon, the FCC has waived its sponsorship identification requirement with respect to a limited, unique subset of Public Service Announcements (PSAs) during the...

On March 25, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published a workplace notice that covered employers (including certain federal employers and all private employers with fewer than 500 employees)...