MediaLawLetter January 2020
MLRC
From the Executive Director’s Desk: Remembering Rick Ovelmen and John Borger, Stalwarts of the Media Bar
And Los Angeles Entertainment Law Conference Kicks Off MLRC’s 40th Anniversary
George Freeman
Letter to a Young Media Lawyer
Barbara Wall
LIBEL & PRIVACY
Tenn.: Court Holds One-on-One Conversations With Government Officials Are Not Immune Under Fair Report Privilege
Kristel Tupja
D. Mass.: Defamation Claim Over “Above the Law” Article Dismissed
Fair Report and First Amendment Bar Claim
Ill. Cir.: Crain’s Wins Summary Judgment on Libel and False Light Claims
Former Tech CEO a Public Figure Based on Media Solicitation
Steven Mandell and Brian Saucier
New York Appellate Court Affirms Summary Judgment for WPIX
Station Not Grossly Irresponsible
Bruce S. Rosen and James Harry Oliverio
New York Appellate Court Affirms Dismissal of Claims Against Dow Jones
Tom Leatherbury
MISCELLANEOUS
Ninth Circuit Knocks Out Boxing Fan Class Action Over Mayweather-Pacquiao Fight
Bethany Rabe, Mark Tratos, and Ruth Bahe-Jachna
Second Circuit Likely Ends 15-Year-Old “Torture” Allegations Against Chinese Journalist
Bruce Rosen and Zachary Wellbrock
PRIOR RESTRAINT
Third Circuit Confuses Statutes and Court Orders in Prior Restraint Analysis
Jeff Hermes
ACCESS
New York Court Orders Disclosure of Letter from Conflicts of Interest Board to Mayor De Blasio
And Awards New York Times Its Attorneys’ Fees
Al-Amyn Sumar