The News Media & The Law
August 1, 2011
From the Summer 2011 issue of The News Media & The Law, page 18.
There are two broad types of laws that provide public access to state legislative information: those that regulate access to...
The News Media & The Law
August 1, 2011
From the Summer 2011 issue of The News Media & The Law, page 29.
Several recent dismissals of defamation claims based on statements the courts found to be constitutionally protected opinion have...
The News Media & The Law
August 1, 2011
From the Summer 2011 issue of The News Media & The Law, page 39.
Public officials do not engage in protected First Amendment speech when they vote on public matters, the U.S. Supreme Court...
The News Media & The Law
August 1, 2011
From the Summer 2011 issue of The News Media & The Law, page 46.
In this column, the Reporters Committee attorneys discuss hot-topic questions related to recent issues in media law. Here are our...
News
July 25, 2011
A statement that someone is a member of a certain prison gang, when he merely conspired with its members, is substantially true and therefore protected against a defamation suit, a Colorado federal...
News
July 20, 2011
Postings by an anonymous message board commentator predicting and encouraging the assassination of a presidential candidate do not qualify as true threats capable of criminalization, a federal...
News
June 20, 2011
The U.S. State Department revoked a Palestinian cartoonist’s participation in a government-sponsored program focusing on free speech due to what the department called the “anti-Semitic...
News
June 20, 2011
Financial news aggregator Theflyonthewall.com Inc. cannot be held liable for "hot news" misappropriation because the New York state law is preempted by the federal Copyright Act, the U.S....
News
June 14, 2011
The government must present evidence demonstrating which privacy interests are at stake and that there is a "substantial probability" that an invasion of privacy will occur when denying...
News
May 23, 2011
A New York appellate court ruled on Thursday that courts need to consider the “freewheeling, anything-goes” writing style that prevails on the Internet when evaluating Internet...
