Resources

Broadcasting

• College Media Association Presentation (2013) Top 10 FCC Compliance Errors Every College Broadcast Station Should Avoid
•  TV Public Inspection File Guide Put the right items in your new online public file
• EEO Compliance Guide
  Our start-to-finish kit to make your station EEO compliant
• What’s A Mattoon Waiver?
  Find out how this waiver can save your daytime-AM station
• License Renewal Perspectives
  Learn about license renewal pitfalls and avoid them
• Radio Public Inspection File Guide
  Stop worrying about what might be missing from your station’s file

Telecommunications Law

• Cable Franchise Renewal Outline
  The Cable Act requires local governments follow certain steps to renew a cable television franchise

• Obtaining a Municipal Telecommunication Franchise
  Nine ideals for making the franchising process less painful

• Land Use and Planning Issues
  Includes discussions regarding “Smart Growth”, infrastructure cost recovery, religious uses, cell towers and alcohol beverage outlets

• Management of the Public Rights-of-Way
  Regulation of utility companies by Louisiana cities and parishes

• The Land Subdivision Process
  How do the statutory requirements of La. R.S. 33:113 affect your parcel

• Telecommunications Facility Siting in Louisiana
  Discusses both wireline and wireless facility siting

Intellectual Property

•  An Intellectual Property Primer
  Get a basic understanding of your Intellectual Property and how to protect it

• Intellectual Property – Is It Mine?
  Do you own your intellectual property? Make sure with this presentation by HCCB Attorney Elise Stubbe

• Is Your Brand Protected?
  Geared to restaurants and the food industry, this article tells you how to protect the brand you’ve worked so hard to create

• Trade Secrets and the New Business Owner
  Equip yourself to protect your hard-earned trade secrets