{"id":2084,"date":"2010-01-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medialaw.org\/medialawletter-march-2010\/"},"modified":"2020-10-12T21:37:52","modified_gmt":"2020-10-12T21:37:52","slug":"medialawletter-march-2010","status":"publish","type":"post_issue","link":"https:\/\/medialaw.org\/issue\/medialawletter-march-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"MediaLawLetter March 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

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NEWSGATHERING<\/h3>\n

S.D.N.Y.: Financial Services Firms Win \u201cHot News\u201d Misappropriation Case<\/a>
Defendant Free Riding on Plaintiffs\u2019 Financial Recommendations<\/em>
Barclays Capital v. Theflyonthewall.com<\/p>\n

LIBEL & PRIVACY<\/h3>\n

MLRC Bulletin Examines Media Trials and Damages<\/a>
Increasing media victory rate; decreasing punitive awards<\/em><\/p>\n

Mass. Sup. Ct.: Massachusetts Newspaper Wins Public Official Libel Trial<\/a>
Some Lessons from a Libel Trial<\/em>
Riley v. Enterprise Publ\u2019g Co.<\/p>\n

Ala. Cir. Ct.: Alabama Newspaper Wins Summary Judgment in Public Official Libel Case<\/a>
Statements Substantially True; Opinion or Made Without Actual Malice<\/em>
Little v. Consolidated Publ’g Co.<\/p>\n

E.D. Va.: Magazine Wins Summary Judgment in Claim by Anti-Vaccine Advocate<\/a>
Assertion That Opponent in Science Debate \u201cLies\u201d is Not Actionable<\/em>
Arthur v. Offit<\/p>\n

E.D. La.: Court Grants Newspaper\u2019s Anti-SLAPP Motion in Katrina Libel Case<\/a>
Article Did Not Accuse Plaintiff of Wrongdoing<\/em>
Armington v. Fink et al.<\/p>\n

N.D. Tex.: Federal Court Finds Imputation of Homosexuality Defamatory<\/a>
Statements on Radio Show Not Satire as a Matter of Law<\/em>
Robinson v. Radio One, Inc.<\/p>\n

Cal. App.: Section 230 Immunity Applies to Forwarded Email<\/a>
Cover Note Not a Material Contribution to Alleged Defamatory Email<\/em>
Phan v. Pham<\/p>\n

Cal.: Proposed Amendment to Right of Publicity Statute Would Harm Media<\/a>
Adds Insult to Injury in the Guise of Protecting Minors<\/em>
A.B. 2480<\/p>\n

Congress: Senate Hears Testimony on Legislative Solutions to Libel Tourism<\/a>
Are Foreign Libel Suits Chilling Americans\u2019 First Amendment Rights?<\/em>
H.R. 2765; S. 449<\/p>\n

COMMERCIAL SPEECH<\/h3>\n

U.S.; 2nd; 9th: Three Significant Commercial Speech Decisions<\/a>
Debt Relief Agency Rules; Attorney Advertising; No Brothel Ads in Nevada<\/em>
Milavetz, Gallop & Milavetz v. U.S.; Alexander v. Cahill; Coyote Pub. v. Miller<\/p>\n

COPYRIGHT<\/h3>\n

U.S.: Supreme Court Reverses Second Circuit (and 200 Other Cases) Holds Copyright Registration Mandatory But Not Jurisdictional<\/a>
Reed Elsevier v. Muchnick<\/p>\n

Fed. Cir.: Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to Postal Service: \u201cLick That!\u201d<\/a>
Reverses Fair Use Finding, Despite Dissent<\/em>
Gaylord v. U.S.<\/p>\n

ACCESS<\/h3>\n

2nd Cir.: Holds That the Fed Must Disclose Borrowers and Loan Terms<\/a>
Information Not Exempt as Privileged or Confidential<\/em>
Bloomberg LP v. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System<\/p>\n

Fla.: Florida Courts Crawl Toward the Digital Age<\/a>
New Rule on Access to Court Records<\/em>
In re Amendments to Florida Rule of Judicial Administration<\/p>\n

S.D. Tex.: Update: Court Enters Permanent Injunction Requiring Texas Clerk to Provide Same-Day Access to Civil Court Filings<\/a>
Courthouse News Service v. Jackson<\/p>\n

INTERNATIONAL<\/h3>\n

ECHR: MLRC Joins Media Amicus Brief in Max Mosley Privacy Case<\/a>
Opposes Claim that Media Must Give Prior Notice to Subjects of Articles<\/em>
Mosley v. United Kingdom<\/p>\n

NEW MEDIA<\/h3>\n

N.D. Ill.: Testing the Limits of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act<\/a>
Does the Law Apply to Text Messaging?<\/em>
Abbas v. Selling Source<\/p>\n

ETHICS<\/h3>\n

Putting the Genie Back<\/a>
What to Do When Your Client Has Stolen Documents<\/em>
Model Rule 4.4.; Model Rule 8.4<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":79,"template":"","issues-publication":[1002],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nMediaLawLetter March 2010 - Media Law Resource Center<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/medialaw.org\/issue\/medialawletter-march-2010\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"MediaLawLetter March 2010 - Media Law Resource Center\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\" Download Publication NEWSGATHERING S.D.N.Y.: Financial Services Firms Win \u201cHot News\u201d Misappropriation CaseDefendant Free Riding on Plaintiffs\u2019 Financial RecommendationsBarclays Capital v. 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