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Articles and Reports Archive

MLRC publishes numerous articles and reports for members, some of which are also available to the public.

The product of MLRC Committees or individuals these publications are resources on libel, privacy, intelletual property, and other areas of law and practice of relevance to media and its counsel.

   

2003:

 
  Members Only 2003 Actual Malice Practice Guide (Dec. 2003)

 Members Only

Jury Debriefing: Gill v. ABC (Mock Trial) (Nov. 2003)
Members Only Jury Debriefing: Sweeny v. New York Times (Nov. 2003)

 

2003 MLRC Dinner Transcript: "In the Trenches: War Reporting and the First Amendment - Part 2" (Nov. 2003)

 Members Only

Cases on Government Information Since 9/11 (Oct. 2003)

 

HIPAA: A Quick Guide (Aug. 2003)

 

2003 MLRC London Conference: Transcript (Sept. 2003)

 Members Only

Pre-Publication / Pre-Broadcast Review Outline (n.d. 2003)

  Members Only

A New Federal Law May Impede Public Health Reporting (HIPAA) (April 2003)
   

2002:

   Members Only

2002 Actual Malice Practice Guide (Dec. 2002)
  2002 LDRC Dinner Transcript: "In the Trenches: War Reporting and the First Amendment" (Nov. 2002)

   Members Only

LDRC Pre-Publication / Pre-Broadcast Review Committee Report: News Gathering Practices After Bartnicki v. Vopper (Nov. 2002)

   Members Only

LDRC Pre-Publication / Pre-Broadcast Review Committee Report: Note Retention Policies of Reporters AND Use of "Advice of Counsel" as a Defense by Reporters (Sept. 2002)

   Members Only

Use of "Advice of Counsel" as a Defense by Reporters (Sept. 2002)
      Members Only International Law and the Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Based on Internet Content (Aug. 2002)

   Members Only

Internet Jurisdiction and Choice of Law Issues (July 2002)

   Members Only

Link Law Revisited: Internet Linking Law at Five Years (July 2002)

   Members Only

Link Law Revisited: Internet Linking Law at Five Years; July 2002 Supplement (July 2002)

   Members Only

Privacy Online 2.0 (July 2002)

   Members Only

The Electronic Communications Privacy Act and Internet Privacy Litigation (July 2002)
   

2001:

 
  2001 LDRC Dinner Transcript (Nov. 2001)

   Members Only

Practice Guide: How to Defeat Plaintiffs' Claims of Actual Malice (Nov. 2001)

   Members Only

LDRC Model Trial Brief (June 2001)

   

2000:

 
  2000 LDRC Dinner Transcript: "20 Years: Law, Lawsuits, Lawyers; Their Legacy for News" (Nov. 2000)

   Members Only

2000 Jury Instructions Manual (Nov. 2000) 

   Members Only

Bench Media Project (June 2000)

   Members Only

Trials Of A Generation (Jan. 2000)

   Members Only

Issue Checklist for Motions to Dismiss and Summary Judgment in a Defamation Action (2000)
   

1999:

  1999 Cyberspace Project: Articles Regarding Selected Topics (Aug. 1999)
   

1998:

   Members Only

1998 Complaint Study (Sept. 1998)
  LDRC Forum on English Libel And Privacy Law: May 11 & 12, 1998 London, England; Transcripts from the May 12th Proceedings (Sept. 1998)
   

1997:

 

   Members Only

1997 Advertising and Commercial Speech Committee Report: Articles on Selected Topics (April 1997)

   Members Only

 1997 Cyberspace Committee Report: Articles on Selected Topics (March 1997)
   

1996:

 

   Members Only

Special Report: 1996 LDRC Complaint Study (1996)

   Members Only

Tortious Interference: A Practical Primer for Media Practioners (Jan. 1996)
   

1995:

 

   Members Only

Online Defamation: Articles on Selected Topics from the New York State Bar Assoication Committee on Media Law and the LDRC Cyberspace Committee (1995)

   Members Only

Special Report: 1995 LDRC Complaint Study (1995)

 1992:

 

   Members Only

Trial Results, Damage Awards and Appeals, 1980-89 and 1990-91: The "Chilling Effect" Writ Large . . . Then Writ Larger (July 1992)

   Members Only

The Uniform Defamation Act: An LDRC Special Report (June 1992)

   Members Only

Arguing for the Protection of Opinion in the Aftermath of Milkovitch v. Lorain Journal (1992)

   Members Only

Current Retraction Practice: An LDRC Survey (1992)

   Members Only

Supreme Court Report (Part 1): An Overview of the Rehnquist Court (1992)

   Members Only

Supreme Court Report (Part 2) (1992)
 

1989:

 

   Members Only 

Annotations To LDRC DCS Survey and Report on Special Procedures and Innovative Techniques for Trying Media Libel Actions Before Juries (Aug. 1989)
   

 1988:

 

   Members Only

Special Procedures and Innovative Techniques for Trying Media Libel Actions Before Juries: A Survey and Report (Sept. 1988)

   Members Only

Special Procedures and Innovative Techniques for Trying Media Libel Actions Before Juries: A Survey and Report (Aug. 1988)

   Members Only

Preliminary Report of Committee on Libel Jury Instructions: DCS's Libel Jury Reform Project (Aug. 1988)
   

 1985:

 

   Members Only

Jury-Related Information in Recent Libel Trials: A Survey of Attorney Awareness (Prepared in conjunction with the ANPA/NAB/LDRC Libel Trial Symposium) (Aug. 1985)

   Members Only

Reflections on Westmoreland v CBS: An Interview with Jurors and Defense Counsel (Aug. 1985)

   Members Only

Juror Attitudes Study 1 (1985)

   Members Only

Juror Attitudes Study 2: Private Figure/Broadcast (1985)

   Members Only

Juror Attitudes Study 3: Private Figure (Gross Irresponsibility)/Newspaper/Defense Win (1985)
   

 1984:

 

   Members Only

LDRC Damages Watch (March 1984)
   

 1983:

   Members Only

LDRC Damages Watch (Sept. 1983)
   

 

 



 



Documents

1983-DamagesWatch (PDF File)

1984-DamagesWatch (PDF File)

1985-AttorneyAwareness (PDF File)

1985-JurorAttitudes-1 (PDF File)

1985-JurorAttitudes-2 (PDF File)

1985-JurorAttitudes-3 (PDF File)

1985-JuryInstructions (PDF File)

1985-ReflectionsOnWestmorelandvCBS (PDF File)

1988Aug-SpecialProceduresandInnovativeTechniques (PDF File)

1988Sept-SpecialProceduresandInnovativeTechniques (PDF File)

1989-AnnotationsToSpecialProcedures (PDF File)

1992,Jul-TrialResults,DamageAwardsandAppeals (PDF File)

1992,Jun-TheDefamationAct,Aspecialreport (PDF File)

1992-3-ArguingfortheProtectionofOpinion (PDF File)

1992-3-CurrentRetractionPractice (PDF File)

1992-SupremeCourtReport-Part1 (PDF File)

1992-SupremeCourtReport-Part2 (PDF File)

1995-LDRCComplaintStudy (PDF File)

1996-LDRCcomplaintstudy (PDF File)

1996-Tortiousinterference (PDF File)

1997-advertisingandcommercialspeechcommittee (PDF File)

1997-CyberspaceCommittee (PDF File)

1998-ComplaintStudy (PDF File)

1998-EnglishLibelAndPrivacyLaw (PDF File)

1999-CyberspaceProject (PDF File)

2000-BenchMediaProject (PDF File)

2000-JuryInstructionsManual (PDF File)

2000-TrialsOfAGeneration (PDF File)

2000DinnerTranscript.pdf (PDF File)

2000JuryInstrManual.pdf (PDF File)

2001DinnerTranscript.pdf (PDF File)

2001ModelTrialBrief.pdf (PDF File)

2001PracticeGuideonActualMalice.pdf (PDF File)

2002Cyber-InternationalInternetLibel-COVHEADpdf.pdf (PDF File)

2002Cyber-InternetJurisdictionandChoiceofLawIssues.pdf (PDF File)

2002Cyber-LinkLawRevisited;InternetLinkingLawatFiveYears.pdf (PDF File)

2002Cyber-LinkLawRevisited;July2002supplementNO-WTRMK.pdf (PDF File)

2002Cyber-PrivacyOnline2,0.pdf (PDF File)

2002Cyber-TheElectronicCommunicationsPrivacyActandInternetPrivacyLitigation.pdf (PDF File)

2002DinnerTranscript.pdf (PDF File)

2002NewsgatheringAfterBartnicki.pdf (PDF File)

2002NoteRetentionAdviceofCounselDefense.pdf (PDF File)

2002PracticeGuideonActualMalice.pdf (PDF File)

2003-AThreatToLiberty

2003ActualMalicePracticeGuide.pdf (PDF File)

2003AdviceofCounselDefenseMemo.pdf (PDF File)

2003DinnerTranscript.pdf (PDF File)

2003GovtInfoCasesPost9-11.pdf (PDF File)

2003HIPAA-AQuickGuide.pdf (PDF File)

2003JuryDebriefing-GillvABCMock.pdf (PDF File)

2003JuryDebriefing-SweenyvNYTimes.pdf (PDF File)

2003LondonTranscript.pdf (PDF File)

2003PrebroadcastReviewOutline.pdf (PDF File)

2003ReportingHealthInfoUnderHIPAA.pdf (PDF File)

IssueChecklistforMotionstodismiss (PDF File)

LDRCModelTrialBrief (PDF File)

OnlineDefamation (PDF File)


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