Legal Issues Concerning Hispanic and Latin American Media 2022

New location this year! Holland & Knight, 701 Brickell Ave, Miami, FL 33131 (map). On-site parking is available.

Date: Thursday, April 21, 2022, 9:30am – 5pm (reception follows)

Conference Schedule

9:30-10am
Registration / Coffee & Light Breakfast

10am
Welcome and introductions

10:15-11:15am
Q&A with Thiago Oliva, Senior Policy Advisor, Facebook Oversight Board – How does the Board select, review and decide social media moderation issues. 

11:30am-12:30pm
Persecution and Censorship of Journalists in Latin America and Around the World – With Natalie Southwick, Committee to Protect Journalists, and Adolfo Jimenez, Holland & Knight

12:30-1:30pm
Lunch

1:30-2:30pm
A conversation with Julie K. Brown – Prize-winning Miami Herald investigative reporter who broke the Jeffrey Epstein story, as recounted in her book Perversion of Justice. Comparative perspectives on #MeToo reporting.

2:30-3:20pm
Ethics for Media Lawyers: Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and Privacy – Legal and ethics issues for companies doing business in Latin America. With Wilfredo Ferrer, Holland & Knight, former US Attorney, S.D. Fla.; Hilary Lane, Holland & Knight

Coffee Break

3:45-5pm
Cross-Border Streaming Services – Setting up productions; types of deals; clearing content, and more. With Alexia Bedat, Klaris Law; Rita Chertorivski, TelevisaUnivision; Katharine Menendez, Holland & Knight; Paula Mena Barreto, CMA Law

5-6pm
Reception

CLE: The conference is approved for six hours of Florida CLE, including one hour of Ethics.

Registration: $75 (in-house and nonprofit lawyers) $125 (law firms) – includes light breakfast, lunch and reception

Vaccination: Attendees will be asked to certify that they are vaccinated against Covid-19.