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August 2011

Articles & Reports – MLRC Staff

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A Journalist’s Quick HIPAA Guide

 Download Publication The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), Pub. L. 104-191, Title II, § 262(a), 110 Stat. 2029, imposes serious criminal restrictions on dissemination of certain health information. This sheet provides a summary of key parts of the law. To answer specific questions, seek the advice of competent counsel in your…

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Media Law Legislative Record of President Barack Obama

 Download Publication Before Barack Obama was sworn in as President of the United States on January 20, 2009, he served eight years as a state Senator in Illinois1 and almost four years as a United States Senator.2 As a state Senator in Illinois from January 1997 through November 2004, Obama served in the 90th through…

Fair Report Privilege: State by State Guide

 Download Publication The fair report privilege is one of the most important defenses available to journalists in libel litigation, protecting the publication of fair and accurate summaries of government proceedings and information. While every state but one has expressly recognized the privilege, case law is sparse in some jurisdictions. There are also some differences as…

Criminal Libel and the Internet

 Download Publication Despite the overall decline in criminal libel prosecutions from the colonial period to today, the Internet has given the crime a second life, as prosecutors search for ways to punish untoward behavior online. One commentator has urged the creation of a new, limited form of criminal libel for application to the Internet. But…

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1998 Complaint Study

Download Publication I. INTRODUCTION II. JURISDICTION III. THECLAIMS IV. PLAINTIFFS V . DEFENDANTS VI . GRAPHS AND TABLES MLRC staff report.

1996 Term: A Report on Petitions for Certorari to the Supreme Court of the United States

 Download Publication 1 . INTRODUCTION II . JURISDICTION III. THE CLAIMS IV . PLAINTIFFS V . DEFENDANTS VL TABLES AND GRAPHS

Special Report: 1996 LDRC Complaint Study

Download Publication I. INTRODUCTION II. JURISDICTION III. THECLAIMS IV. PLAINTIFFS V. DEFENDANTS VI. TABLES AND GRAPHS

Special Report: 1995 LDRC Complaint Study

Download Publication I. METHODOLOGY II. A FEW SUMMARY THOUGHTS III. JURISDICTION VI . DEFENDANTS VII . APPENDIX A: TABLES AND GRAPHS VIII . APPENDIX B: DEFENDANT ARTS

Supreme Court Report Part 2

Download Publication I. INTRODUCTIONII. GUEST ROUNDTABLE: An Overview of the Rehnquist Court: The Rehnquist Court and the Press: Trying to Read the Latest Tea Leavesby Tony Mauro The First Amendment and the Rehnquist Court: Nine Justices in Search of a Theoryby Diane Leenheer Zimmerman Tempting Fate in the Rehnquist Court: A Practitioner’s Viewby Lee Levine

Current Retraction Practice: An LDRC Survey

Download Publication I. Introduction: The Significance of LDRC’s Retraction Survey in the Year of the Uniform Correction Act II. LDRC’s Retraction Survey and an Overview of Its Key Findings III. LDRC Retraction Survey: Responses

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Arguing for the Protection of Opinion in the Aftermath of Milkovich v. Lorain Journal

Download Publication INTRODUCTION FOCUSING ON THE CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTIONS REAFFIRMED By Milkovich ARTICULATING OTHER CATEGORIES, CONSISTENT WITH MILKOVICH, FOR PRESERVING OR EXPANDING PROTECTION FOR OPINION .

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Supreme Court Report: Part 1: An Overview of the Rehnquist Court

Download Publication I. INTRODUCTIONII. GUEST ROUNDTABLE: An Overview of the Rehnquist Court: The Rehnquist Court and the Press: Trying to Read the Latest Tea Leavesby Tony Mauro The First Amendment and the Rehnquist Court: Nine Justices in Search of a Theoryby Diane Leenheer Zimmerman Tempting Fate in the Rehnquist Court: A Practitioner’s Viewby Lee Levine

LDRC Recap and Update: Trial Results, Damage Awards and Appeals, 1980 -89 and 1990-91

Download Publication I. INTRODUCTION II. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY III. CHARTING THE LDRC DATA IV. SOME NOTES ON METHODOLOGY AND INTERPRETING THE LDRC DATA

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The [Uniform] Defamation Act: A Special Report

I . INTRODUCTION II . THE TWO KEY ISSUES WHICH HAVE STOOD OUT THROUGHOUT III. THE BROAD RANGE OF OTHER ISSUES COVERED BY THE ACT IV. THE ACT IN CONTEXT: AN HISTORICAL AND POLICY BASED ANALYSIS V. CONCLUSION

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LDRC Damages Watch

Download Publication The attached “Damages Watch” materials, excerpted from LDRC Bulletins No. 4 though No. 7, describe the results of LDRC’s recent efforts to monitor libel and privacy awards against media defendants entered or appealed from during the period 1980 to July, 1983. It is believed the 90 separate cases listed, when cobined with data…

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LDRC Damages Watch

Download Publication LDRC Press Release (3/8/84) LDRC Press Release (7/29/83 LDRC Press Release (8/24/82) LDRC Study #1 Defamation trials and Damage Awards –Updating the Franklin Study (Bulletin No. 4 , P a r t 1) (8/15/82) LDRC Damages Watch (Bulletin No. 5, 11/15/82) LDRC Damages Watch (Bulletin No. 6, 3/15/83) LDRC Damages Watch (Bulletin No….

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