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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.
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 June-July 2025
Reporting developments through July 31.
MLRC Digital Review May-June 2025
The justices uphold Texas’s adult content age-gating law in Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton | Kadrey and Bartz on AI training and fair use | Did a Copyright Office report spark the Register’s ouster? | Cox copyright case heads to SCOTUS | Trump’s FTC ramps up pressure on platforms | Clearview AI settles long-running biometric…
MediaLawLetter May 2025
Justin Baldoni’s Lawsuit Against NYT Dismissed; True Crime Defamation Case Proceeds in SC; NJ Court Boosts New Anti-SLAPP Law; Judge Leval Analyzes Transformative Use Post-Warhol; NBA Want SCT to Hear VPPA Case; Free Speech & AI; Ten Questions to Katie Townsend and more.