MediaLawLetter
The MediaLawLetter is the leading professional news source for developments in media law and policy, with reports on decisions and statutory developments.
MediaLawLetter October 2024
Reporting developments through September 30, 2024.
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.
MediaLawLetter May 2024
Montana Supreme Court Applies N.Y. Fair Report Privilege to Dismiss Libel Claim; Louis Farrakhan’s $4.8 Billion Defamation Lawsuit Against Jewish Groups Dismissed; Top Gun Lawsuit Shot Down; No Cameras in the Courtroom for Trump Trial; Ten Questions for CNN's Drew Shenkman and more.
MediaLawLetter April 2024
DC Court Holds Journalist in Contempt for Refusing to Disclose Confidential Sources; Court Quashes Prosecution Subpoena to New Yorker Journalist; The Supreme Court Rules on Social Media Blocking; Entertainment Conference Recap; Ten Questions for Aussie Lawyer Michael Cameron and more.
MediaLawLetter March 2024
Jury Awards $25M in Damages for The Oklahoman’s Misattribution of Racial Slur; Broadcaster Wins Summary Judgment and Fees Under New York’s Expanded Anti-SLAPP; The Supreme Court Hears the NetChoice Cases; Anti-SLAPP Developments in the UK and Europe and What It’s Like Being Slapped in Greece; MLRC's first conference in Australia and more.
MediaLawLetter January 2024
New York Times Awarded Nearly $400,000 in Trump Suit; Fifth Circuit Affirms That Texas Book Rating System Is Unconstitutional; Fifth Circuit Affirms Preliminary Injunction Against Texas Prosecution of Netflix; The Year in Prior Restraints; and more.
MediaLawLetter November-December 2023
Legal news and features from the MLRC.
MediaLawLetter October 2023
Will Mass. High Court Reconsider its Anti-SLAPP Jurisprudence?; NBCUniversal Wins Dismissal of January 6 Activist’s Defamation Complaint; From the ED: The Critical Importance of Televising the Trump Trials; Ten Questions for FIRE's Bob Corn-Revere and more.