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Everything MLRC has published, in any publication, since 2017.
Lessons Learned Series: Making Strides Toward UK Anti-SLAPP Law and Crackdown on Attorneys Who Bring SLAPP Suits
Laura PratherThe first in a series of articles written by Laura Prather, of Haynes Boone, about things she learned as a Fulbright Scholar researching, advocating, and raising awareness of SLAPPs in the EU, UK, and US
Actual Malice, Ariel Sharon, and the Future of the Right to be Wrong
Denver NicksA deep dive into Sharon v. Time with the benefit of hindsight helpfully illustrates the importance of the right to be wrong and the dangers that present when courts inject a flawed understanding of how journalism works into the actual malice inquiry.
The Internet Has Failed Us as A Society: A Debate
Hugo Rikind, Jane Kirtley, Hugh Tomlinson KC, and Gavin Millar KCFour experts from journalism, academia, and law contemplate the legal, political, and cultural issues surrounding the internet and society.
Persistent And Emerging Threats to the Autocrat’s Bugbear: Satire and Political Cartoons
Terry Anderson and Roslyn A. MazerA look into the nature of cartoonists’ criminalization and the varied, sometimes oblique means by which their freedom of expression is attacked.
Mass Shooting at Club Q in Colorado Springs Prompts Two Successful Unsealing Battles
Steve ZansbergJudge Chittum ruled that in light of recent events the statute clearly required that prior criminal case file be unsealed.
Happy Holidays from the Executive Director
MLRC Executive Director symbolic offerings to 2022's newsmakers.
Ken Auletta on “Hollywood Ending: Harvey Weinstein and the Culture of Silence”
A conversation with The New Yorker’s Media Reporter and author of a recent vivid biography of Harvey Weinstein.
A Conversation with Ted Koppel
The award-winning journalist on the state of journalism today, the amalgamation of factual reporting and commentary, what can be done about disinformation and the poor perception of journalists, and some reminiscences of “Nightline.”
Professor Amy Gajda on Privacy and the Media and Her New Book “Seek and Hide”
Tulane Law professor, former journalist and privacy expert on the skirmishes between the press, the public, and the powerful, and the evolving boundaries of the law.
Professor Eric Goldman on Platform Transparency and the Constitution
Santa Clara University School of Law professor on the First Amendment implications of efforts to compel internet services to disclose various aspects of their decision-making processes and criteria with respect to user-generated speech.
Judge Michael Luttig on his January 6th Hearing Testimony
Former Fourth Circuit Judge discusses the House Select Committee hearings, the constitutional issues surrounding efforts to prosecute Trump for speech related crimes or other malfeasance, and the state of our democracy.
Introduction
In 2022, MLRC continued a series of virtual conversations with lawyers, academics, and journalists. Experts in their fields, they each sat for hour long in-depth conversations.
MLRC Annual Dinner 2022 Celebrates Families in Law and Media
Three families – the Abrams, Glassers and Ibarguens – discussed how law and journalism runs deep through their generations.
Ten Questions to a Media Lawyer: William Akel
William AkelNew Zealand lawyer on his start in the business, memorable cases, Auckland must sees and more.
Federal Judge Quashes Subpoena to Editors of The Detroit News in High Profile Litigation Regarding Flint Water Crisis
Andrew M. PauwelsJudge Levy found that the subpoenas unduly burdened Miles and Clarey as members of the media. She also found that the requesting parties had failed to establish a clear link between the requested information and the allegations at issue in the litigation.
Wyoming Federal Court Applies Rogers Test and “Genuine Artistic Motive” Test
Alan Friedman and Joshua BornsteinThe case highlights the fact that a national standard as to when First Amendment interests take precedence over trademark infringement and unfair competition claims does not yet exist.
DCS Annual Meeting 2022
Reports on last year's accomplishments and upcoming plans of MLRC's Defense Counsel Section Committees.
Fourth Circuit Hears First Amendment Challenge to North Carolina Election Libel Law
Benjamin RossiAppellants argue that the North Carolina statute violates the First Amendment because it is a content-based restriction that criminalizes core political speech.
MLRC 2022 Annual Meeting
Recap of MLRC's annual meeting, held November 9 in New York City.
Fourth Circuit Pokes New Holes in Section 230 and Re-opens Old Questions
Jeff HermesThe opinion reaches a result that many might consider unremarkable. However, it turns on reading new limitations into the scope of Section 230’s protection that are deeply concerning.
