MediaLawLetter October 2018

MLRC

From the Executive Director’s Desk: MLRC Dinner to Address Tumultuous Events of 1968

MLRC Insurance Committee Update: Panel Addresses What You Need to Know about Media Insurance

10 Questions to a Media Lawyer: Elizabeth McNamara

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Sweeping Music Modernization Act Transforms Music Licensing for the Digital Age

COMMERCIAL SPEECH

False Advertising of Entertainment
Serova v. Sony Music Entertainment

INTERNATIONAL

New Push for Defamation Law Reform in Australia

LIBEL & PRIVACY

Florida Newspapers Gets Defamation Suit Dismissed Under New Anti-SLAPP Law
Judge to Award Fees to Newspapers
Quercioli v. Miami Herald

Defrocked Priest Loses Libel Suit Against Detroit Free Press
Kaucheck v. Detroit Free Press

Maryland Court Tosses State Senator’s Defamation Claims for Lack of Personal Jurisdiction
Zirkin v. Shandy Media, Inc.

REPORTERS PRIVILEGE

Court Rejects Request for Reality Show Video Outtakes
Plaintiffs Sought Outtakes in Pay Dispute
Burnett, et al. v. Wahlburgers