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 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.
MediaLawLetter September 2023
LA Court Enforces California Shield Law in “Fight of the Century” Case; Federal Court Blocks Texas’ Book Ban; Newsday Wins Defamation Suit Over Wrong Photo; Court in Tiger King Case Cites Warhol in Dismissing Claim Against Netflix; Ten Questions to Paris Attorney Clara Steinitz; MLRC Virginia Conference Recap; and much more.
MediaLawLetter August 2023
New York Times Wins Defamation Suit Over Reporting on Internet Harassment Campaigns; FOIA Lawsuit Helps NPR Report On “Barbaric” Conditions in ICE Facilities; Court Says AI Generated Art Not Copyrightable; A New Film on Floyd Abrams; 10 Questions for Mike Grygiel and more.
MediaLawLetter July 2023
Maine Court Affirms Trial Win for Newspaper That Reported on Sex Abuse Allegations; Blackwater Founder Erik Prince’s Claims Against The Intercept Dismissed; Arizona Law Banning Video Recording of Police Ruled Unconstitutional; A Victory for Transparency in Uvalde; Ten Questions for North Carolina's Amanda Martin and more.
MediaLawLetter May 2023
Court Orders Release of Jury Materials from Failed Jeffrey Epstein Prosecution; Court Dismisses Trump’s Tortious Interference Claim Against The New York Times; Anti-SLAPP Developments in Texas, New Jersey and Connecticut; Ten Questions for Paramount's Matt Schafer; Digital Conference Wrap-up and more.
MediaLawLetter April 2023
Long-Run Effects of Dominion v. Fox; D.C. Court of Appeal Affirms Anti-SLAPP Fee Award in “Steele Dossier” Case; Internet Archive Slammed in Decision Rejecting Mass Distribution of Unlicensed Ebooks Under ‘Controlled Digital Lending’ Theory; and more.