MediaLawLetter September 2018
MLRC
From the Executive Director’s Desk: Record Turn-Out for MLRC’s 2018 Media Law Conference
Sessions on the Trump Effect, Political Cartooning, Masterpiece Cakeshop, plus an Avenatti Cameo
MLRC’s First Amendment Leadership Award Presented to Tom Kelley
10 Questions to a Media Lawyer: Mickey Osterreicher
LIBEL & PRIVACY
Mass. App.: Court Rules Fair Report Privilege Does Not Apply to Statements Made to Police
Official Action Required Before Privilege Applies
Butcher v. University of Massachusetts
First Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Priest / Hedge Funder Manager’s Libel Suit
Plaintiff Failed to Plausibly Allege Actual Malice Under Iqbal/Twombly
Lemelson v. Bloomberg
ACCESS
Newspaper Petitions for SCOTUS Review of Colorado’s Categorical Rejection of Right to Access Judicial Records
Amici Support Invited
Press-Enterprise Co. v. Superior Court
COMMERICAL SPEECH
Use Of Affiliate Links Does Not Necessarily Transform Editorial Content Into Advertising Says NAD