MediaLawLetter
The MediaLawLetter is the leading professional news source for developments in media law and policy, with reports on decisions and statutory developments.
MediaLawLetter April 2025
Reporting developments through April 30, 2025.
MediaLawLetter March 2025
Newsweek Wins Summary Judgment in Satanic Temple Lawsuit; First Amendment & Defamation Claims Against NewsGuard Dismissed With Prejudice; Court Quashes Document Subpoena to Freelance Journalist; Dua Lipa Wins Summary Judgement in Levitating Copyright Infringement Case; Trump’s Assault on the Media and Law Firms, and How We Should React; and more.
MediaLawLetter February 2025
Federal Judge Declines to Block White House Ban on AP — for Now; Wisconsin Court Dismisses Suit Against News Organizations Over Political Ad; Judge Grants Summary Judgment Against Fair Use Defense in AI Context; Ten Questions for Natalie Spears and more.
MediaLawLetter January 2025
Texas Free-Speech Advocates Gear Up for Another Anti-SLAPP Fight; Fox News SLAPPs Defamation Suit, Wins Attorney Fees; Court Dismisses Implied Defamation Claims Brought by Former NY Philharmonic Musician; Ninth Circuit Opens Up Possibility of Copyright Protection for Kinetic Sculpture; and more.
MediaLawLetter December 2024
TikTok Falls Under the Long Shadow of Holder; Sarah Palin’s Second Chance to Try Libel Case Against The New York Times Set for April; Second Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Defamation Case Against Newsweek; ten questions for Florida lawyer Mark Caramanica and more.
MediaLawLetter November 2024
Threats to the Media in the Second Trump Term; Supreme Court Vacates and Remands Fifth Circuit Decision in Case Involving Retaliatory Arrest; Federal Court Enjoins California Ban on Deepfake Election Parodies; MLRC Annual Dinner; Ten Questions for David Hosp and more!
MediaLawLetter October 2024
Favre’s Defamation Suit Sacked by Fifth Circuit; Publishers Win Anti-SLAPP Motion and Fee Award in Lawsuit Over Book Cover; Third Circuit Cites First Amendment to Limit § 230 Protection; London Conference Recap, and more.
MediaLawLetter August 2024
Analyst Report and New York Times Article About Crypto Crash Not Defamatory; Pennsylvania Enacts Anti-SLAPP Statute; “Vanderpump Rules” Revenge Porn Lawsuit May Proceed, Judge Rules; First Amendment Threats from a Second Trump Term; Ten Questions for Ballard's Mike Berry and more.
MediaLawLetter July 2024
NetChoice v. Moody: A Strong Statement of 1A Rights, But Devil is in the Details; Media Supports Citizen Journalist in SCOTUS Qualified Immunity Case; Fox News Dismissed from Lawsuit with Public Apology; MLRC Conferences in Dublin and Sydney; Ten Questions for Freedom Forum's Kevin Goldberg and more.
MediaLawLetter June 2024
NRA v. Vullo: The Supreme Court on Government Coercion and the First Amendment; Defamation Claims Against ProPublica and Houston Chronicle Dismissed; False Light Claim Against New York Magazine Over “The Case of the Fake Sherlock” Dismissed; Supreme Court Provides for Broader Availability of Damages in Copyright Suits; Ten Questions for DWT'S Kate Bolger and more.