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Articles and Reports Archive by Date

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, intellectual property, and other areas of law and practice of relevance to media and its counsel.

Items with a key symbol (Members Only) are available only to MLRC members; items without this symbol are available to the public. 

Other Collections:  In addition to the materials collected here, certain MLRC committees maintain their own specialized collections of articles and reports:
  • the Newsgathering Committee maintains the MLRC Panic Book (Members Only), a ready resource for attorneys who represent the news media
   
2008:

Members Only

Managing Materials: What Some News Organizations Have Done (Newsgathering Committee, April 2008)

Members Only

Sting Stories Checklist (Pre-Publication / Pre-Broadcast Review Committee, April 2008)

Members Only

Reporter's Privilege: Can it be Perserved in a Civil Lawsuit Against the Press? (Pre-trial Committee, April 2008)

Members Only

Religious Discrimination in the Workplace: An Outline of Issues (Employment Law Committee, March 2008)

Members Only

Basic Guide to Independent Contractor Law for Media Companies (Employment Law Committee, 2008)

Members Only

2008 Model Brief on Newsgathering Claims (Newsgathering Committee, April 2008)
   
2007:
2007 MLRC Dinner Transcript: "Witnesses to our Time: Independent Voices of the Documentary"

Members Only

Copyright Infringement: The Standards in Your Circuit (Entertainment Law Committee)

Members Only

Points for Discussion on Journalistic Use of Anonymous Sources (Newsgathering Committee, July 2007)

 

Compendium of State Statutes Protecting Whistleblowers (Newsgathering Committee, June 2007)
 
 2006:  
2006 MLRC Dinner Transcript: Scott Pelley Moderates a Panel on National Security Reporting With Dana Priest, David Remnick, James Risen and Pierre Thomas (Nov. 2006)

Members Only

2006 Model Trial Brief  (Trial Techniques Committee, Nov. 2006)

Members Only

2006 Actual Malice Practice Guide (MLRC Report, Nov. 2006)

Members Only

Basic Guide to Employment Defamation and Privacy Law (Employment Law Committee, Nov. 2006)

Members Only

Geoffrey Robertson Speech: Perils of Publishing in the Global Age (NAA/NAB/MLRC Libel Conference 2006)

Members Only

New Challenges and Familiar Themes in the Recent Case Law Considering Section 230 (Internet Law Committee Bienniel Articles, distributed at NAA/NAB/LDRC Libel Conference 2006)

Members Only

Media Blogs: Spotting and Mitigating Their Risk (Internet Law Committee Bienniel Articles, distributed at NAA/NAB/LDRC Libel Conference 2006)

Members Only

Privacy Implications of Internet Searches (Internet Law Committee Bienniel Articles, distributed at NAA/NAB/LDRC Libel Conference 2006)

Members Only

The Google Library Project (Internet Law Committee Bienniel Articles, distributed at NAA/NAB/LDRC Libel Conference 2006)

Members Only

How to Target Advertising on the Internet While Respecting Trademark Owners’ Rights (Internet Law Committee Bienniel Articles, distributed at NAA/NAB/LDRC Libel Conference 2006)

Journalists’ Privilege: Overview of the Law and 109th Congress Legislation (Congressional Research Service, Oct. 2006)

Members Only

Panic Book: The Fastest Possible Answers in an Emergency (Newsgathering Committee report, April 2006)

Members Only

Reporting on the War on Terror: The Esionage Act and Other Scary Statutes  (MLRC report, republished March 2006)

Members Only

Checklist on Identifying/Interviewing Children as Perpetrators, Victims and/or Witnesses (Pre-Publication/Pre-Broadcast Review Committee report, Feb. 2006)

Members Only

Ride-Alongs Revisited: Privacy Issues Raised by Special Access Granted to News Media by Law Enforcement (Newsgathering Committee Report, Feb. 2006)

Members Only

Remote Electronic Access to Public Court Records (MLRC staff report, updated Jan. 2006)
   

2005:

2005 MLRC Dinner Transcript: Terry Moran Moderates Panel on the Reporter's Privilege (Nov. 2005)

Members Only

“Watch" Words: A Glossary (Pre-Publication/Pre-Broadcast Review Committee report, Nov. 2005)

Lawsuits Against Bloggers (MLRC report, continuously updated)
Media Law Opinions of Supreme Court Nominee Samuel A. Alito, Jr. (MLRC staff report, Nov. 2005)

Members Only

Prepublication/Prebroadcast Checklist (Pre-Publication/Pre-Broadcast Review Committee report, Oct. 2005)
2005 MLRC London Conference: Transcript of Conference Speeches (Sept. 2005)

Members Only

The Substantial Truth Defense and Third Party Allegations (MLRC report, Apr. 2005)

 Members Only

Reporter's Privilege: Distinguishing Civil and Criminal Contempt (MLRC report, Jan. 2005)

Journalists’ Privilege to Withhold Information in Judicial and Other Proceedings: State Shield Statutes  (Congressional Research Service, March 2005)

   
 2004:  

 

2004 MLRC Dinner Transcript: Tom Brokaw Interviews Brennan Award Recipient Ted Turner (Nov. 2004)

Members Only

MLRC Reporter's Privilege Symposium Transcript (Nov. 2004)

 Members Only

Cyberspace Committee: Articles on Selected Topics (Cyberspace Committee report, Oct. 2004)
Jurisdiction over Internet Publishers; The State of the Law of Section 230 Immunity; Happy Sixth Birthday: Emerging Implications for the Press of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act; Search Service Keyword-based Advertising: Trademark Infringement or Fair Competition?; After the Can-spam Act: Why Your In-box Remains Full

 Members Only

Discovery Roadmap (Pre-Trial Committee report, Oct. 2004)

 Members Only

Issue Checklist for Motions to Dismiss and Summary Judgment in a Defamation Action (Pre-Trial Committee report, Sept. 2004)

 Members Only

Effective Use of the Fair Report Privilege (Prepublication/Prebroadcast Review Committee report, Sept. 2004)

 Members Only

Remote Electronic Access to Public Court Records (MLRC report, July 2004)

 Members Only

Press Freedom on the Internet (Post-Gutnick Task Force working papers, July 2004)

 Members Only

Law of Opinion Practice Guide (MLRC report, June 2004)

  Members Only

Media Liability for Breach of Promise to Maintain a Source's Confidentiality after Cohen v. Cowles Media Co. (Pre-Publication/Pre-Broadcast Committee report, May 2004)

  Members Only

Model Brief on Jury Access Issues (Newsgathering Committee memo, March 2004)
   

2003:

 
  Members Only 2003 Actual Malice Practice Guide (MLRC report, Dec. 2003)

 Members Only

Jury Debriefing: Gill v. ABC (Mock Trial) (Jury Debriefing Committee report, Nov. 2003)
Members Only Jury Debriefing: Sweeny v. New York Times (Jury Debriefing Committee report, 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 (Newsgathering Committee report, Oct. 2003)

 

HIPAA: A Quick Guide (Newsgathering Committee memo, Aug. 2003)

 

2003 MLRC London Conference: Transcript (Sept. 2003)

 Members Only

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

  Members Only

A New Federal Law May Impede Public Health Reporting (HIPAA) (Newsgathering Committee memo, April 2003)
"A threat to liberty" (op-ed on criminal defamation laws) (MLRC staff, April 2003)
Update on Employer E-mail Monitoring: The Ninth Circuit Joins the Mainstream (MLRC staff report, Spring 2003)
   

2002:

   Members Only

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

   Members Only

News Gathering Practices After Bartnicki v. Vopper (Pre-Publication/Pre-Broadcast Committee report, Nov. 2002)

MLRC Response to the European Commission’s Consultation on a Preliminary Draft Proposal for a Council Regulation on the Law Applicable to Non-contractual Obligations ("Rome II Regulation") (Oct. 2002)

   Members Only

Note Retention Policies of Reporters; Use of "Advice of Counsel" as a Defense by Reporters (Pre-Publication/Pre-Broadcast Committee report, Sept. 2002)

   Members Only

Use of "Advice of Counsel" as a Defense by Reporters (Pre-Publication/Pre-Broadcast Committee report, Sept. 2002)
Cyberspace Project:
            International Law and the Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Based on Internet Content (Cyberspace Committee report, Aug. 2002)

   

     Internet Jurisdiction and Choice of Law Issues (Cyberspace Committee report, July 2002)

   

     Link Law Revisited: Internet Linking Law at Five Years (Cyberspace Committee report, July 2002)

   

     Link Law Revisited: Internet Linking Law at Five Years; July 2002 Supplement (Cyberspace Committee report, July 2002)

   

     Privacy Online 2.0 (Cyberspace Committee report, July 2002)

   

     The Electronic Communications Privacy Act and Internet Privacy Litigation (Cyberspace Committee report, July 2002)
   

2001:

 
  2001 LDRC Dinner Transcript: "A Conversation With Benjamin C. Bradlee, Don Hewitt and Diane Sawyer, Led by Walter Isaacson" (Nov. 2001)

   Members Only

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

Members Only

Compendium of Judicial References to First Amendment Interests in Newsgathering (Newsgathering Committee report, Nov. 2001)

E-Mail Monitoring in the Private Workplace (MLRC staff report, Fall 2001)

   Members Only

LDRC Model Trial Brief (Trial Techniques Committee report, June 2001)

   

2000:

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

   Members Only

2000 Jury Instructions Manual (Jury Instructions Committee report, Nov. 2000) 

   Members Only

Bench Media Project (MLRC report, June 2000)

   Members Only

Trials Of A Generation (MLRC report, Jan. 2000)

   Members Only

Issue Checklist for Motions to Dismiss and Summary Judgment in a Defamation Action (Pre-Trial Committee report, 2000)
   

1999:

1999 LDRC Dinner Transcript: "Sullivan in the Year 2000: Will It - Should It - Survive?" (Nov. 1999)
 

Cyberspace Project: Articles Regarding Selected Topics (Cyberspace Committee report, Aug. 1999): Federal Immunity for Online Services: How It Works and Why It Is Good Policy; Link Law: The Emerging Law of Internet Hyperlinks; Privacy in Cyberspace; A Review of Some Practical Aspects Concerning How Interactive Computer Services Deal With Complaints (Defamation, Invasion of Privacy, Etc.) Regarding Third Party Content; United States Jurisdiction To Enforce Foreign Internet Libel Judgments; The Libel Defense Resource Center's Annotated Bibliography of Materials Concerning First Amendment and Intellectual Property Internet Law Issues

   

1998:

   Members Only

1998 Complaint Study (MLRC staff report 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

1996 Term: A Report on Petitions for Certorari to the Supreme Court of the United States (MLRC staff report Aug. 1997)

   Members Only

1997 Advertising and Commercial Speech Committee: Articles on Selected Topics (Advertising and Commercial Speech Committee report, April 1997): Lanham Act Update: Section 43(A) False Advertising Lawsuits; The FTC And The First Amendment; Trade Libel, Defamation Law, and The First Amendment; The Right of Publicity and The First Amendment; Commercial Speech and the Law of Defamation

   Members Only

1997 Cyberspace Committee: Articles on Selected Topics (Cyberspace Committee report, March 1997): An Annotated Bibliography Of CyberLaw Materials Concerning First Amendment and Intellectual Property Law Issues; Civil Liability ‘‘Safe Harbors” Under the Communications Decency Act of 1996; Corrections In Cyberspace; Enforcing Libel Judgments Obtained In Foreign Countries In the United States

   

1996:

 

   Members Only

Special Report: 1996 LDRC Complaint Study (MLRC staff report, 1996)

   Members Only

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

1995:

 

   Members Only

Online Defamation: Articles on Selected Topics from the New York State Bar Association Committee on Media Law and the LDRC Cyberspace Committee (Cyberspace Committee report, 1995)
Liability of Owners And Operators of Online Services for Statements Uploaded by Others: To Edit or Not to Edit -- Some Practical Suggestions; Corrections in Cyberspace; The Exon Amendment: Regulating Indecency by Deleting Free Speech on Computer Networks; Statute of Limitations Issues Which May Arise in Cases of Defamation in Cyberspace; The Internet, BBS's and Online Services, A Layman's Primer; Insurance for Cyber-Publishers; Public Concern on the Information Superhighway; Jurisdiction, Venue, and Choice of Law for Defamation in Cyberspace

   Members Only

Special Report: 1995 LDRC Complaint Study (MLRC staff report, 1995)
 
1993:  

  Members Only

Arguing for the Protection of Opinion in the Aftermath of Milkovich v. Lorain Journal (MLRC staff report, 1993)

  Members Only

Supreme Court Report: Part 1: An Overview of the Rehnquist Court (MLRC staff report, 1993)

  Members Only

Supreme Court Report Part 2 (MLRC staff report, 1993)

  Members Only

Current Retraction Practice: An LDRC Survey (1993)
   
1992:  

   Members Only

LDRC Recap and Update: Trial Results, Damage Awards and Appeals, 1980 -89 and 1990-91 (MLRC staff report, July 1992)

   Members Only

The [Uniform] Defamation Act: A Special Report (MLRC staff report, June 1992)
1992 LDRC Dinner Transcript
 

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

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

 1985:

 

   Members Only

Jury-Related Information in Recent Libel Trials: A Survey of Attorney Awareness (MLRC report, Aug. 1985)

   Members Only

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

   Members Only

Juror Attitudes Study 1 (MLRC report,1985)

   Members Only

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

   Members Only

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

 1984:

 

   Members Only

LDRC Damages Watch (MLRC staff report, March 1984)
   

 1983:

   Members Only

LDRC Damages Watch (MLRC staff report, Sept. 1983)
   

 

 



 


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