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MLRC Media Law Conference 2025
The MLRC invites you to join us for our biggest conference of the year, the Virginia Media Law Conference at the lovely Lansdowne Resort in Virginia.
A comprehensive White Paper heralding Justice Brennan’s opinion, countering the arguments made by its chief critics, and analyzing the role of actual malice in contemporary litigation.
This new edition builds on the excellent work done in past versions of the Practice Guide by adding important new case law to existing sections, as well as adding new sections. Most notably, the Practice Guide now includes an in-depth look at the pleading standards for actual malice under the Supreme Court’s Twombly and Iqbal…
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MediaLawLetter April 2025
“Central Park Five” Lawsuit Against Trump Survives Motion to Dismiss; Court Dismisses Defamation Action Against The Real Deal; Libel-Proof Plaintiff Defense Applied in Mugshot Defamation Case; Another Look at Palin v. New York Times; Ten Questions for the Daily Beast’s Neil Rosenhouse and more.
MediaLawLetter March 2025
Newsweek Wins Summary Judgment in Satanic Temple Lawsuit; First Amendment & Defamation Claims Against NewsGuard Dismissed With Prejudice; Court Quashes Document Subpoena to Freelance Journalist; Dua Lipa Wins Summary Judgement in Levitating Copyright Infringement Case; Trump’s Assault on the Media and Law Firms, and How We Should React; and more.
2025 Report on Trials and Damages
This 2025 MLRC Report on Trials and Damages updates MLRC’s long-standing study quantifying the results of trials against media defendants since 1980. This is the first update of our study since 2018, with revised tables and analysis.