Our lobbying efforts are paying off. Last Friday, the House and Senate Commerce Committees announced their bipartisan, bicameral agreement to a modified version of (H.R. 4986). The bill has been placed on the House “Suspension” calendar for a vote today. It is expected to pass. The legislation is called the Ray Baum Act in honor of the former Staff Director …

Last week a delegation from the NYSBA Board of Directors and the Futures Committee traveled to Washington DC. Our top agenda item was to gain support for additional funding for the TV repacking process. As noted in the story below we made significant progress. In a day and a half, we met with twenty-six offices, nearly the entire New York …

Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R UT), the legislation (HR 6480) would insure that all forms of digital radio, whether satellite, cable, or Internet compete against each other on a level playing field.  Companion legislation (S.3609) has been introduced in the Senate by Sen. Ron Wyden (D OR). The proposed legislation is significantly different from other performance royalty bills, such as that …