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October 2018

MediaLawLetter September 2018

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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

INTERNATIONAL

Key Media Law Developments in India