MediaLawLetter April 2019
MLRC
From the Executive Director’s Desk: Letter to a Newer Media Lawyer
10 Questions for a Media Lawyer: Cameron Stracher
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Fighting Copyright Pirates Through Preregistration
What is “Preregistration” and How Does It Work?
INTERNET
Second Circuit Reaffirms Section 230’s Broad Immunity
Products Liability, Negligence, and Emotional Distress Claims Barred by Statute
Herrick v. Grindr LLC
Hot Topics Roundtable: Internet and Social Media Regulation
Professor Eric Goldman, Jeff Hermes and Josh Koltun
LIBEL & PRIVACY
N.Y. Sup.: Fair Report Privilege Bars Libel Suit Against Jeanine Pirro
Mckesson v. Pirro
Cal. App.: Court Departs from Predominate Standard of Review for Libel by Implication Claims
Sonoma Media Investments, LLC v. Superior Court
Tex.: Powerful Lobby Groups Take Aim at the Texas Anti-SLAPP Statute
Tex. App.: Through the Looking Glass: Anti-SLAPP Law Held Applicable to Attorney Disciplinary Proceeding
Comm’n for Lawyer Discipline v. Rosales
ACCESS
5th Cir.: Court Denies Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ Motion to Seal Courtroom in BP Oil Spill Case
BP Exploration & Production, Inc. v. Claimant ID 100246928
Minn. Dist.: Court Rules Graphic Videos Shown to Jury Cannot Be Shielded from Public View
State v. Noor
Colo. / Cal.: Colorado Opens Police Internal Affairs Files to the Public – Can Two States Spawn a National Trend?
A Periodic Report from MLRC’s State Legislative Committee