On April 7, the News/Media Alliance (“NMA”) led an amicus brief in the Court of Appeal of the State of California, Second Appellate District, Division Three in support of petitioner in Variety Media, LLC v. The Superior Court of Los Angeles County.
The NPRM proposes substantial increases in certain fees, including raising the fee for news website group registrations from $95 to $350.
The FTC published an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) on March 13 seeking public comment on the Negative Option Rule.
The brief highlights the importance of the press’s editorial autonomy and ability of journalists to decide when information is in the public interest and argues that the West Virginia’s Daniel’s Law at issue would suppress truthful facts on matters of public concern, create traps, could chill news reporting, and cannot survive constitutional scrutiny.
The CIT also ordered that any entries that liquidated within the last 90 days should be reliquidated voluntarily by CBP without IEEPA duties.
The report’s publication sets the stage for Greer to testify before the House Ways and Means Committee and Senate Finance Committee in the coming months.
The Rule is designed to determine when a worker is an employee or IC under the Fair Labor Standards Act and related federal laws.
The proposed conduct requirements include providing publishers with more control and transparency over Google’s use of publisher content in its Search Artificial Intelligence (AI) features and broader AI services, as well as Google’s application of its ranking and spam policies on publisher websites.
The News Media Drone Coalition, which NMA is a part of, sent a letter to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on January 28 urging the FAA to immediately lift the Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR) for all drones “in proximity to select location and mobile assets nationwide.”
The Alliance’s comments focused on proposals for expanded text and data mining (TDM) exceptions around the world that undermine American IP and creative industries. In particular, the comments discussed developments in Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore, and Vietnam.
