MediaLawLetter July 2018
MLRC
From the Executive Director’s Desk: MLRC Institute Partners with Knight to Train Journalists in Legal Fundamentals
And a Fond Farewell to a Colleague
Ten Questions to a Media Lawyer: Lee Williams, CNN
REPORTER’S PRIVILEGE
New York Limits Reporters’ Right to Challenge Subpoenas
Once More Unto The Breach: An Update On The Reporters’ Shield Bill
NEWSGATHERING
Mexican Journalist Seeking Asylum Finally Free From Detention
LIBEL & PRIVACY
Texas Appeals Court Affirms Dismissal of Libel Case over Dallas Morning News’ Reporting on Arson Murder of Lawyer
Vodicka v. A.H. Belo Corporation
ACCESS
D.C. Circuit Prescribes a “Double Dose of Deference” for Reviewing Decisions on FOIA Attorney’s Fees
Morley v. CIA
Pennsylvania Appeals Court Unseals Records in Prosecution of Penn State Officials
Commonwealth v. Spanier
Maine To Follow Federal PACER Model for Access to State Court Records Online
Rejects “Practical Obscurity”
LEGISLATION
Update on State Legislation Affecting the Media
From the MLRC State Legislative Committee
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
S.D.N.Y.: Swing and a Miss for Copyright Claim Against The Art of Fielding
Green v. Harbach
E.D. Va.: Long Live the Right-Click License?
Brammer v. Violent Hues Productions
INTERNATIONAL
UK: Cliff’s Law: Judge Rules That BBC Should Not Have Filmed the Search of Cliff Richard’s Apartment
Cliff Richard v The BBC and South Yorkshire Police
COMMERCIAL SPEECH
Missouri Restrictions on Media Alcohol Advertising Struck Down
Missouri Broadcasters Association v. Taylor