Past
MLRC/LDRC Events
MLRC
Annual Dinners
MLRC
Annual Dinner 2011
Wednesday, November
9, 2011
Presentation of
MLRC’S William J. Brennan, Jr. Defense of Freedom Award to Anthony Lewis,
Author, Former New York Times Columnist
and Supreme Court Reporter, Two-Time Pulitzer Winner
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Press Release
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Transcript
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Video
MLRC
Annual Dinner 2010: Honoring MLRC's 30th Anniversary
Wednesday,
November 10, 2010
"Looking
Back, Looking Forward: The Changing Business of News"
Jonathan
Alter moderates a panel with Jill Abramson, Michael Kinsley, and Jonathan
Klein
MLRC
Annual Dinner 2009
Wednesday,
November 11, 2009
"The
Power of Creativity: The Arts and Social Change"
Ken
Paulson Moderates a Panel With Oskar Eustis,
Arnold Lehman and Peter Yarrow
Presentation
of MLRC’s William J. Brennan, Jr. Defense of Freedom Award to Václav Havel, Playwright and
Former President, Czech Republic
MLRC
Annual Dinner 2008
Wednesday,
November 12, 2008
"Presidency
in the Press"
Martha
Raddatz Moderates A Panel On
The Presidency And The Press With Michael Beschloss,
David Gergen And Joe Lockhart
MLRC
Annual Dinner 2007
Wednesday,
November 7, 2007
"Witnesses to our
Time: Independent Voices of the Documentary"
Panel moderated byJudy Woodruff, Senior correspondent for The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer; Lowell Bergman Producer/correspondent for FRONTLINE;
Heidi Ewing Director
of Jesus Camp Director of The Boys of Baraka;
and Alex Gibney Director and writer of Enron: The Smartest Guys in
the Room.
Presentation
of MLRC’s William J. Brennan, Jr. Defense of Freedom Award to David Fanning,
Executive Producer of FRONTLINE
MLRC
Annual Dinner 2006
Wednesday,
November 16, 2006
"Reporting on
National Security under Threat of Indictment"
Panelists: Dana
Priest, The Washington Post; David
Remnick, The
New Yorker; James Risen, The New York Times; Pierre
Thomas, ABC News.
Moderator: Bob Schieffer, CBS News.
MLRC
Annual Dinner 2005
Wednesday,
November 9, 2005
"A Discussion on
the Reporter’s Privilege"
Panelists:
Matt Cooper, TIME Magazine; Judith Miller, The New York Times; Congressman
Mike Pence, R-6th District
of Indiana; and Jim Taricani, WJAR-TV,
NBC 10. Moderator: Terry Moran, ABC
News.
MLRC
Annual Dinner 2004
Wednesday,
November 17, 2004
"A
Conversation between Ted Turner and Tom Brokaw"
with
Ted Turner, Turner
Enterprises, Inc., and Tom Brokaw, "NBC Nightly News"
Presentation
of MLRC’s William J. Brennan, Jr. Defense of Freedom Award to Ted Turner, Chairman,
Turner Enterprises, Inc.; Introduction by Tom Johnson, Former Chairman and CEO, CNN
MLRC Annual Dinner 2003
Wednesday,
November 12, 2003
"In
the Trenches Revisted: War Reporting and the First
Amendment-Part II"
Panelists:
Cheryl Diaz Meyer, The Dallas Morning News;
Mary Beth Sheridan, The
Washington Post; and Michael Weisskopf, TIME
Magazine. Moderator: Brian Williams, NBC News.
Presentation
of MLRC’s William J. Brennan, Jr. Defense of Freedom Award to Howard H
"Tim" Hays, former owner and publisher, Press-Enterprise of
Riverside, Cal.;
Presented by Gary B. Pruitt, Chairman of the Board, President and CEO, The
McClatchy Company
LDRC Annual
Dinner 2002
Wednesday,
November 13, 2002
"In
the Trenches: War Reporting and the First Amendment"
Panelists:
Seymour Hersh, The
New Yorker; John Kifner, The New York Times; and Bob
Simon, CBS News. Moderator: Ted Koppel, ABC News
"Nightline"
Presentation
of MLRC’s William J. Brennan, Jr. Defense of Freedom Award to war correspondents
(collectively).
LDRC
Annual Dinner 2001
Wednesday,
November 7, 2001
A
Conversation
with: Benjamin C. Bradlee, The
Washington Post; Don Hewitt, CBS
News; and Diane Sawyer, ABC News. Moderator: Walter
Isaacson, CNN.
LDRC
Annual Dinner 2000
Monday,
November 13, 2000
20
Years: Law, Lawsuits, Lawyers – Their Legacy for News
Panelists:
Alex MacLeod, The Seattle Times; Brian Ross, ABC News; David Schneiderman,
Village Voice Media; P. Cameron DeVore, Esq., Davis Wright Tremaine
LLP; and Victor Kovner, Esq., Davis Wright Tremaine
LLP. Moderator: Floyd Abrams, Esq., Cahill Gordon & Reindel
LDRC
Annual Dinner 1999
Wednesday,
November 10, 1999
Sullivan
in the Year 2000: Will it – Should it – Survive?
Panelists:
Harold Evans, U.S. News & World Report, New York Daily News; Nina
Totenberg, NPR;
and Jeff Greenfield, CNN, Time
Presentation
of MLRC’s William J. Brennan, Jr. Defense of Freedom Award to Floyd Abrams, Esq.,
Cahill Gordon & Reindel; Presented by Dan
Abrams, NBC News
LDRC
Annual Dinner 1998
Wednesday,
November 11, 1998
Keynote: Congressman John
Lewis, D-Fifth District of Georgia
Discussion with Karl Fleming, Prime
Time Communications; Reuvan Frank, NBC News;
Vernon Jarrett, Channel 7,
WLS-TV; and Jack Nelson, Los Angeles Times. Moderator:
Terry Adamson, Esq., National Geographic.
Presentation
of MLRC’s William J. Brennan, Jr. Defense of Freedom Award to civil rights
journalists of the 1950's and 1960's (collectively).
LDRC
Annual Dinner 1997
Wednesday,
November 12, 1997
Justice
Brennan Remembered
Floyd
Abrams, Cahill Gordon & Reindel
Tribute
to Fred Friendly
Joseph
A. Califano, Jr., The
National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University
Presentation
of MLRC’s William J. Brennan, Jr. Defense of Freedom Award to Fred Friendly; Presented By Robert
J. Hawley, Esq., The Hearst Corporation
"Hot
News, Good Journalists and Hard Choices: A Fred Friendly Seminar"
Panelists: Floyd Abrams, Cahill
Gordon & Reindel; Joseph A. Califano, Jr., The National Center on Addiction and
Substance Abuse at Columbia University; Lyle Denniston,
The Baltimore Sun; Jerry Nachman, New York
Post, WCBS-TV; Dan Rather, CBS News; E.R. Shipp, Columbia University, New York Daily
News; and John J. Walsh, Esq., Cadwalader,
Wickersham & Taft. Moderator: Professor Charles Nesson, Harvard Law School.
LDRC
Annual Dinner 1996
Thursday,
November 7, 1996
Presentation
of MLRC’s William J. Brennan, Jr. Defense of Freedom Award to Arthur Ochs
Sulzberger and Katherine Graham to Honor the 25th Anniversary of the Pentagon
Papers Decision
Keynote
Address:
David Halberstam, author (The Best and The
Brightest, The Powers That Be, The Reckoning), journalist (The New York
Times, Harper’s Magazine)
LDRC
Annual Dinner 1995
Thursday,
November 9, 1995
Presentation
of MLRC’s William J. Brennan, Jr. Defense of Freedom Award to Justice Harry A.
Blackmun
Presented By Solomon B. Watson IV, Esq., The New York Times
Special
Tribute by Justice Blackmun’s Daughters: Sally and Susan Blackmun
Introductory
Remarks: P. Cameron DeVore, Esq., Davis Wright Tremaine
and Luther T. Munford, Esq., Phelps Dunbar
LDRC
Annual Dinner 1994
Presentation
of MLRC’s William J. Brennan, Jr. Defense of Freedom Award to Dr. Jan
Moor-Jankowski.
LDRC
Annual Dinner 1993
LDRC
Annual Dinner 1992
November
4, 1992
A Tribute
to Justice William J. Brennan, Jr.: New York Times v. Sullivan and the Judicial
Role in the Advancement of Free Expression and Peaceful Social Change
Presentation
of MLRC’s Defense of Freedom Award to Justice William J.
Brennan, Jr.
MLRC Pre-Dinner Forums
2011
MLRC Pre-Dinner Forum
Wednesday, November 9, 2011, 3:45-5:45 p.m.
Combating
Online Piracy: The Protect IP Act and Alternatives
Moderator:
Timothy Alger, Partner, Perkins
Coie LLP; Panelists: Mary Snapp, Vice President and Deputy General Counsel,
Microsoft Corporation; David Green,
Vice-President for Public Policy, NBCUniversal; Katherine Oyama,
Policy Counsel, Google Inc.
Reading list available here.
2010
MLRC Pre-Dinner Forum
Wednesday,
November 10, 2010\
A
Tutorial on Apps and Aggregators: How They Access and Use Media Content (And
What, If Anything, Can Be Done About It)|
Speaker: Michael Young, The
New York Times Company; Moderators:
Karole Morgan-Prager, The McClatchy Company; Robert Penchina,
Levine Sullivan Koch & Schulz, L.L.P.
Panelists: Eric
Lieberman, The Washington Post; Steven Weissman, Time
Inc.
Reading
list available here.
2009
MLRC Pre-Dinner Forum
Wednesday,
November 11, 2009
Creative
Routes to Profit: Tools to Control and Monetize Media Content
Speaker: John C. Abell, Wired.com; Moderators:
Jerry Birenz,Sabin, Bermant & Gould LLP; David E. McCraw,
The New York Times Company
Reading
list available here.
2008
MLRC Pre-Dinner Forum
Wednesday,
November 12, 2008
The
Digital Distribution Of Content: Key Technologies And The Future Of The Media
Business
Speakers:
Michael Zimbalist, The New York Times Company; Matt Straznitskas, Mediaedge:cia; Dave
Morgan, The Tennis Company LLC
Transcript available here.
2007 MLRC Pre-Dinner Forum
Wednesday, November 7,
2007
Media
Going Digital: Advising Clients on their Internet Operations
Speakers: Andy Mar, Microsoft
Corporation; Jon Hart, Dow, Lohnes & Albertson;
Karole Morgan-Prager, The McClatchy Company; Ken Richieri,
The New York Times Company; Cliff Sloan, Washingtonpost.Newsweek
Interactive; Moderated by Barbara Wall, Gannett
- Written
materials:
includes the following:
- Internet Law: A
Field Guide (excerpts;
2007)
- Media Blogs:
Spotting and Mitigating Their Risks (Sept. 2006)
- Liability for
Online Content: Legal Actions Of Interest (October 2007)
- Court Applies
Functional Test to Find Blogger Is a Journalist (October 2007)
- New Challenges
and Familiar Themes in the Recent Case Law Considering Section 230 (Dec. 2006)
- Amicus Brief, Fair
Housing Council of San Fernando Valley v. Roommate.com (brief submitted
Nov. 1, 2007)
- California
Supreme Court and Illinois Federal Court Address Scope of Sec. 230
Immunity (November 2006)
- Ninth Circuit
Applies Single Publication Rule to Internet Posting (March 2006)
- Texas Federal
Court Applies Single Publication Rule to the Internet: Issue of First
Impression in the State (October 2006)
- Florida Appeals
Court to Hear Online Libel Case: Will Decide If Retraction Statute and
Single Publication Rule Apply Online (March 2007)
- Newspaper’s
Online Version a “Separate Edition” for Purposes of Single Publication
Rule (September 2007)
- Fair Use of Entire
Copyrighted Works: What’s Fair Now? (January
2007)
- California’s
Shield Law Covers Websites (May 2006)
- Texas Federal
Court Dismisses Internet Libel Suit (July 2006)
- Second Circuit
Affirms No Jurisdiction Over Consumer Gripe Website (June 2007)
2006
MLRC Pre-Dinner Forum
Wednesday, November 8, 2006
Espionage
Act and Related Statutes
Speakers: Susan Buckley, Cahill
Gordon & Reindel, Partner (Moderator); Kevin Baine, Williams & Connolly LLP, Partner; Karlene Goller, The Los Angeles
Times, Vice President & Deputy General Counsel; Eric Lieberman, The
Washington Post, Deputy Counsel & Director of Government Affairs; Nathan
Siegel, Levine Sullivan Koch & Schulz LLP, Partner; Jeffrey Smith, Arnold
& Porter, Partner & former General Counsel of the CIA (May 1995 to
September 1996)
2005
MLRC Pre-Dinner Forum
Wednesday, November 8, 2005
Blogs,
Bloggers, and the Changing Media Business
Speakers: Jonathan Hart, Dow, Lohnes & Albertson; Jeff Jarvis, BuzzMachine.com; Ken Richieri, The New York Times Company; Sherrese
Smith, Washington Post/Newsweek Interactive; Corinna
Ulrich, Belo Corp.; Dale Cohen, Moderator
2004
MLRC Pre-Dinner Forum
Wednesday, November 17, 2004
Reporter's
Privilege
Speakers: Floyd Abrams, Cahill
Gordon & Reindel; Kevin Baine,
Williams & Connelly; Ted Boutrous, Gibson, Dunn
& Crutcher; Jon Donnellan,
Hearst Corporation; Paul Smith, Jenner & Block; moderated by Susan Weiner,
NBC Universal
NAA
/ NAB / MLRC Media Law Conferences
NAA / NAB / MLRC 2010
Media Law Conference
September 29-October
1; Chantilly, VA
The
New Decade: Challenges to the Legacy Paradigm
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2010 Conference
Materials
NAA
/ NAB / MLRC 2008 Media Law Conference
September 17-19, 2008; Chantilly, Virginia
Protecting
the First Amendment in Challenging Times
NAA
/ NAB / MLRC 2006 Media Law Conference
September
27-29, 2006; Alexandria, Virginia
Protecting
the First Amendment in Challenging Times
NAA /
NAB / LDRC 2004 Media Law Conference
September 29
- October 1, 2004; Alexandria, Va.
Forty
Years After New York Times v.
Sullivan:
Problems, Possibilities and Answers
NAA /
NAB / LDRC 2002 Libel Conference
September 12
- 14, 2002; Alexandria, Va.
A
First Amendment Odyssey
NAA /
NAB / LDRC 1999 Libel Conference
September
22 - 24, 1999; Arlington, Va.
Back
to First Principles
NAA /
NAB / LDRC 1997 Libel Conference
September
20 - 22, 1997; Reston, Va.
Media
Defense in the Twenty-First Century
NAA /
NAB / LDRC 1995 Libel Conference
September
20 - 22, 1995; McLean, Va.
New
Media, New Torts, New Threats: Libel Defense in the Next Century
NAA /
NAB / LDRC 1993 Libel Conference
October
6 - 8, 1993; Tysons Corners, Va.
After
Masson, Milkovitch and Connaughton: Trials in the
Trenches of Truth
ANPA
/ NAB / LDRC 1991 Libel Conference
September 25
- 27, 1991; Boston
Defamation
Law After Justice Brennan: What Course Will We Steer
Without the Author of New York Times v. Sullivan?
ANPA
/ NAB / LDRC [1989] Libel / Privacy Conference
August
24 - 26, 1989; Seattle
A
Guide to Building Winning Strategies
ANPA
/ NAB / LDRC [1983] Conference
August 25 - 26, 1983;
Chicago
Libel:
A Practical Workshop for Defense Counsel
MLRC London Conferences
MLRC
London Conference 2011
September 19-20, 2011
International
Developments in Media Libel, Privacy, Newsgathering and New Media IP Law
MLRC
London Conference 2009
October
1-2, 2009
International
Developments in Libel, Privacy, Newsgathering and New Media IP Law
MLRC
London Conference 2007
September
17-18, 2007; Stationers Hall
MLRC
London Conference 2005
September
19-20, 2005; Stationers Hall
MLRC
London Conference 2003
September 22-23, 2003;
Stationers Hall
Developments
in UK, European and International Libel, Privacy and Newsgathering Laws
LDRC
Forum on English Libel and Privacy Law
May 11-12, 1998
MLRC /
Southwestern Conferences
MLRC/Southwestern
Media and Entertainment Law Conference
January 19, 2012; Los Angeles, CA
Angels and Demons:
Navigating Tricky Entertainment and Media Issues to Reach Legal Nirvana
·
Conference
program
MLRC/Southwestern Media and Entertainment Law
Conference
January 20, 2011; Los Angles, CA
Scripts, Lies & Videogames
·
Conference brochure
MLRC/Southwestern
Media and Entertainment Law Conference
January 14, 2010; Los
Angeles, CA
Charting
the Unknowns: Digital Entertainment, Content Regulation and Crisis Management
MLRC/Southwestern Media
and Entertainment Law Conference
January 15, 2009; Los
Angeles, CA
Fast
Times in Hollywood: Keeping Up With Cutting Edge Issues in Entertainment and
Media Law
MLRC /
Southwestern Conference 2008
Jan. 2008; Southwestern
Law School, Los Angeles, Cal.
The
Digital Earthquake: Groundbreaking Changes Affecting Entertainment and Media
Law
MLRC
/ Southwestern Conference 2007
Jan.
2007; Southwestern Law School, Los Angeles, Cal.
Legal Challenges of
Integrating Traditional Media and Entertainment Into a
Digital Environment
MLRC
/ Southwestern Conference 2006
Jan.
2006; Southwestern Law School, Los Angeles, Cal.
Media
Creativity in a Changing Legal and Regulatory Environment
MLRC
/ Southwestern Conference 2005
Jan.
27, 2005; Southwestern Law School, Los Angeles, Cal.
I’m
A Lawyer, Help Me Out Here! Key Issues In Entertainment and Media Law
MLRC
/ Southwestern Conference 2004
Jan.
29, 2004; Southwestern Law School, Los Angeles, Cal.
The New Reality: Current
Legal Issues in Fact-Based Programming
Digital Media Conference
MLRC/Stanford
Digital Media Conference
May 2011
Stanford University,
Stanford, California
For more click here
MLRC/Stanford Digital
Media Conference
May 2010
Stanford University,
Stanford, California
For more click here
MLRC/Stanford Digital
Media Conference
May 2009
Stanford University,
Stanford, California
For more click here
MLRC
Digital Media Conference
Legal
Frontiers in Digital Media
May 15
and 16, 2008
Stanford
University, Stanford, California
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More information here
Other Events
Managing
the Materials
May
2007, Washington, DC
MLRC
Institute event
The
Future of the Free Press: Should Journalists Be Able to Use Confidential
Sources and Seek Secret Information?
Dec:.
7, 2006; National Press Club, Washington, DC
Storms Across the Border: Canadian Courts, North American Media
presented
jointly by Media Law Resource Center and Advocates In Defence
of Expression in the Media
May 12 - 13,
2005; Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Russian-American
Conference
on Mass Media Law
June 1997;
Moscow State University School of Journalism
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