– Joe Rosenbaum The Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992 prohibits most states from authorizing sports betting (the law grandfathered a few states, such as Nevada) and New J...
https://legalbytes.com/2017/02/09/taking-wagers-sports-betting-online-gambling/
by Stephen Díaz Gavin For more than 80 years, Section 310(b) of the Communications Act of 1934 has been interpreted as prohibiting direct foreign ownership of more than 20% and indirect ownershi...
https://legalbytes.com/2017/01/26/fcc-opens-radio-television-broadcasting-foreign-entities/
Thought leadership is a state of being in which one or more individuals articulate innovative ideas – ideas that stimulate thought and are futuristic or leading-edge. Thought leadership require...
Everyone knows there is competition, hype and controversy over nominations and awards at each year’s contest run by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. The competition culminates in ...
This is the time of year when many of you are celebrating holidays; spending time with family, friends and loved ones; bidding farewell to 2014; and looking forward to the New Year – 2015. A ti...
https://legalbytes.com/2014/12/22/thank-you-for-2014-best-wishes-for-2015/
Last week I received a novel invitation – call it a ‘dare’ from a long-time colleague and friend in a faraway land. He and I have never actually met, but we have interacted so often profess...
In 1918 there were no Academy Awards. But there was another Oscar! Oscar Micheaux, who taught us something about financing media and entertainment projects - perhaps the first crowd funding entre...
https://legalbytes.com/2014/05/19/entertainment-media-crowd-funding-oscar-no-not-that-one/
For those of you who are loyal readers and followers of Legal Bytes, you know this is the time of year when I break tradition and write a non-legal, more personal and philosophical post for Legal...
At this time of year, many of us are celebrating holidays and spending time with family, friends and loved ones. Getting ready to bid farewell to 2013 and looking forward to the coming of 2014 - ...
https://legalbytes.com/2013/12/24/thank-you-for-2013-best-wishes-for-2014/
To be honest, I wasn’t sure whether to post this directly on the Legal Bytes blog as a news item or list it under Useless But Compelling Facts. But the news won out. So now it is official and p...
https://legalbytes.com/2013/03/12/mississippi-ratifies-the-13th-amendment-thanks-lincoln/