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MLRC Bulletin Archive

MLRC Bulletin issues are listed in reverse chronology below.  An index of Bulletins by topic is also available.  Many MLRC Bulletins are the subjects of press releases that summarize their content and findings.

Issues of the MLRC Bulletin are linked below, and are available in PDF format.  Bulletins marked with a key symbol (Members Only) are accessible only to Media members, Enhanced Defense Counsel Section membersAssociate members, and Basic Defense Counsel Section member organizations that have purchased an online subscription.

Access to press releases is not restricted.

Annual subscriptions and individual issues (in hard copy) of the MLRC Bulletin are available to non-members by purchase from MLRC.

Bulletins were numbered consecutively from 1981 to 1988; publication resumed in 1992, and since 1993 bulletins have been numbered consecutively each year.

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2010

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bulletins (in reverse chronological order):

2010:

 

 

Members Only

Bulletin 2010 No. 2 (June 2010): New Frontiers in Internet Law: Articles and Comments

 

Members Only

Bulletin 2010 No. 1 (March 2010): MLRC 2010 Report on Trials and Damages

 

2009:

 

 

Members Only

Bulletin 2009 No. 4 (Dec. 2009): Significant Developments: Part I: Idea Submission Claims Against Media and Entertainment Works; Part II: New Developments In Media Libel Privacy and Related Law; Part III: Law Criminal Libel Update

 

Members Only

Bulletin 2009 No. 3 (Sept. 2009):  International Media Law Developments

 

Members Only

Bulletin 2009 No. 2 (Aug. 2009): The First Amendment Online & MLRC’s Supreme Court Report

Members Only

Bulletin 2009 No. 1 (Feb. 2009): MLRC 2009 Report on Trials and Damages

Press Release

 

 

 

2008:

 

Members Only

Bulletin 2008 No. 4 (Jan. 2008): Significant Developments: Part I: Articles on Right of Publicity Law;  Part II Developments in Media Libel and Privacy Law.

 

Members Only

Bulletin 2008 No. 3. (Sept 2008): MLRC’s Supreme Court Report

 

Members Only

Bulletin 2008 No. 2 (May 2008): Digital Media & Comments on Frontiers in Internet Law

 

Members Only

Bulletin 2008 No. 1 (Feb. 2008): MLRC 2008 Report on Trials and Damages

Press Release

  

 

 

2007:

 

 

Members Only

Bulletin 2007 No. 4 (Dec. 2007): Significant Developments: Part I: Articles on Keyword Advertising, Libel in Fiction; Reynolds Privilege in the UK; Part II Developments in Media Libel and Privacy Law.

Press Release

Members Only

Bulletin 2007 No. 4 Supplement (Mar. 2008): MLRC 2007 Articles & Report on Significant Developments

 

Members Only

Bulletin 2007 No. 3 (Sept. 2007): Publishing in the Global Environment: Developments in European and American Media Law

 

Members Only

Bulletin 2007 No. 2 Part B (Sept. 2007): 2007 Summary Judgment Study

 

Members Only

Bulletin 2007 No. 2 Part A (Sept. 2007): MLRC Supreme Court Report: Certiorari Petition in the 2006 Term

 

Members Only

Bulletin 2007 No. 1 (Feb. 2007): MLRC 2007 Report on Trials and Damages

Press Release

 

 

 

2006:

 

 

Members Only

Bulletin 2006 No. 3/4 Parts II & III (Dec. 2006): MLRC 2006 Articles & Report on Significant Developments

Press Release

Members Only

Bulletin 2006 No. 3/4 Part I (Dec. 2006): MLRC 2006 Articles & Report on Significant Developments

Press Release

Members Only

Bulletin 2006 No. 2 Part B (Aug. 2006): MLRC Supreme Court Report: Certiorari Petitions in the 2005 Term

 

Members Only

Bulletin 2006 No. 2 Part A (July 2006): MLRC 2005 Complaint Study

Press Release

Members Only

Bulletin 2006 No. 1 (Feb. 2006): MLRC 2006 Report on Trials and Damages

Press Release

 

 

 

2005:

 

 

Members Only

Bulletin 2005 No. 4 Part B (Jan. 2006): Confidential Source Litigation: Lessons from 2005

 

Members Only

Bulletin 2005 No. 4 Part A (Dec. 2005): When Government Shuts Out Critical Press: Government Retaliation and the First Amendment & MLRC 2005 Report on Significant Developments with an Update on Criminal Libel Developments

Press Release

Members Only

Bulletin 2005 No. 3 Part B (Aug. 2005): MLRC Supreme Court Report: Certiorari Petitions in the 2004 Term

 

Members Only

Bulletin 2005 No. 3 Part A (Aug. 2005): The Global Media: Comparative Studies on European and American Media Law

 

 

Bulletin 2005 No. 2 (March 2005): The Twenty-First Century Anti-Indecency Crusades: Radio, Television and Subscription Services

Press Release

Members Only

Bulletin 2005 No. 1 (Feb. 2005): MLRC 2005 Report on Trials and Damages

Press Release

 

 

 

2004:

 

 

Members Only

Bulletin 2004 No. 4 Part 3 (Jan. 2005): Media Access and Newsgathering in High Profile Cases

 

Members Only

Bulletin 2004 No. 4 Part 2 (Dec. 2004): Developments in Criminal Defamation Law Since 2002

 

Members Only

Bulletin 2004 No. 4 Part 1 (Dec. 2004): MLRC 2004 Report on Significant Developments

 

Members Only

Bulletin 2004 No. 3B (Oct. 2004): 2004 MLRC Motion to Dismiss Study

Press Release

Members Only

Bulletin 2004 No.3A (Sept. 2004): MLRC Supreme Court Report: Certiorari Petitions in the 2003 Term

 

 

Bulletin 2004 No. 2 (Aug. 2004): White Paper on the Reporter's Privilege

Press Release

 Members Only

Bulletin 2004 No. 1 (Feb. 2004): MLRC 2004 Report on Trials and Damages

Press Release 

 

 

 

2003:

 

 

 Members Only

Bulletin 2003 No. 4 Part 2 (Jan. 2004): Section 43A of the Lanham Act: Uses, Abuses, and Limits    

 

Members Only

Bulletin 2003 No. 4 Part 1 (Dec. 2003): MLRC 2003 Report on Significant Developments  

 

Members Only

Bulletin 2003 No. 3 Part B (Sept. 2003): MLRC's Supreme Court Report: A Review of the 2002 Term

 

 Members Only

Bulletin 2003 No. 3 Part A (Sept. 2003): International Media Liability: Articles on International Laws and Issues

 

 Members Only

Bulletin 2003 No. 2 (July 2003): MLRC 2003 Report on Trials and Damages    

Press Release

 Members Only

Bulletin 2003 No. 1 (March 2003): Criminalizing Speech About Reputation: The Legacy of Criminal Libel in the U.S. After Sullivan and Garrison    

Press Release

 

 

 

2002:

 

 

 Members Only

Bulletin 2002 No. 4 Part II (Jan. 2003): Post 9/11 Access: Responding to the National Security Challenge

 

Members Only

Bulletin 2002 No. 4 Part I (Dec. 2002): LDRC 2002 Report on Significant Developments

 

 Members Only

Bulletin 2002 No. 3 (Aug. 2002): 2001 Complaint Study; Supreme Court Report - 2001 Term 

Press Release

 Members Only

Bulletin 2002 No. 2 (March 2002): Criminal Prosecutions of the Press: The Espionage Act, Newsgathering Post-Bartnicki, Criminal Libel, Restricting Juror Interviews

Press Release

 Members Only

Bulletin 2002 No. 1 (Feb. 2002): LDRC 2002 Report on Trials and Damages    

Press Release

 

 

 

2001:

 

 

 Members Only

Bulletin 2001 No. 4 (Dec. 2001): LDRC 2001 Report on Significant Developments

Press Release

 Members Only

Bulletin 2001 No. 3 (Aug. 2001): 2001 Summary Judgment Study; Supreme Court Report - 2000 Term

Press Release

 Members Only

Bulletin 2001 No. 2 (April 2001): Significant Developments Part II: A New Battleground in the Clash of Ownership and Free Expression: The Expanding Definition of  Commercial Speech (Right of Publicity)

Press Release

 Members Only

Bulletin 2001 No. 1 (Feb. 2001): LDRC 2001 Report on Trials and Damages

Press Release

 

  

 

2000:

   

 

 Members Only

Bulletin 2000 No. 4 (Dec. 2000): LDRC 2000 Report on Significant Developments

 

 Members Only

Bulletin 2000 No. 3 (Aug. 2000): LDRC 2000 Report on Appellate Results; Supreme Court Report - 1999 Term

 

 Members Only

Bulletin 2000 No. 2 (June 2000): Fair Use in the Media: A Delicate Balance

Press Release

 Members Only

Bulletin 2000 No. 1 Part II (April 2000): Media Trials at the Close of the Century: Challenge and Change

 

 Members Only

Bulletin 2000 No. 1 (Jan. 2000): LDRC 2000 Report on Trials and Damages

Press Release

 

   

 

1999:

 

 

Members Only

Bulletin 1999 No. 3 Part II (Dec. 1999): Significant Developments Part II: The Media at the Millennium: A Collection of Articles on Significant Issues and Developments of the 1990’s

Press Release

Members Only

Bulletin 1999 No. 3 Part 1 (Oct. 1999): LDRC 1999 Report on Significant Developments

 

Members Only

Bulletin 1999 No. 2 (July 1999): The Texas Interlocutory Appeal Statute; Supreme Court Report, 1998 Term     

Press Release

Members Only

Bulletin 1999 No. 1 (Jan. 1999): LDRC 1999 Report on Trials and Damages    

Press Release

 

 

 

1998:

 

 

Members Only

Bulletin 1998 No. 4A (Dec. 1998): 1998 Significant Developments Part II: Legislation Aimed at “Paparazzi” Places All Journalists at Risk    

Press Release

Members Only

Bulletin 1998 No. 4 (Oct. 1998): LDRC 1998 Report on Significant Developments

 

Members Only

Bulletin 1998 No. 3 (May 1998): LDRC 1998 Report on Appellate Results / Supreme Court Report - 1997 Term    

Press Release

Members Only

Bulletin 1998 No. 2 (April 1998): Agricultural Disparagement Laws: The Trend to Impose Statutory Liability on Speech    

Press Release

Members Only

Bulletin 1998 No. 1 (Jan. 1998): LDRC 1998 Report on Trials and Damages    

Press Release 

 

   

 

1997:

 

 

Members Only

Bulletin 1997 No. 4 (Oct. 1997): LDRC 1997 Report on Significant Developments

 

Members Only

Bulletin 1997 No. 3 Part B (Aug. 1997): 1996 Term: A Report on Petitions for Certiorari to the Supreme Court of the United States

 

Members Only

Bulletin 1997 No. 3 (July 1997): LDRC 1997 Report on Summary Judgment (includes articles and study)  

Press Release

Members Only

Bulletin 1997 No. 2 (April 1997): Damage Considerations When the Press is Sued for Gathering the News

 

Members Only

Bulletin 1997 No. 1 (Jan. 1997): 1996 LDRC Damages Study (includes Comparative Data: Results of Medical Malpractice and Products Liability Trials)    

Press Release

 

 

 

1996:

 

 

Members Only

Bulletin 1996 No. 4 (Oct. 1996): Key Findings of the 1996-97 LDRC 50-State Surveys

 

Members Only

Bulletin 1996 No. 3 (July 1996): LDRC Update on "Independent Appellate Review" in Defamation and Related Cases, 1984-1996

 

Members Only

Bulletin 1996 No. 2 (April 1996): LDRC Motion to Dismiss Study: Motions to Dismiss in Libel, Privacy, and Related Actions, 1981-1995

 

Members Only

Bulletin 1996 No. 1 (Jan. 1996): LDRC Damages Survey, 1994-95: Trial Results, Damage Awards and Post Trial Dispostions

 

 

 

 

1995:

 

 

Members Only

Bulletin 1995 No. 4 (Oct. 1995): Key Findings of LDRC's 50-State Surveys

 

Members Only

Bulletin 1995 No. 3 (July 1995): Summary Judgment Update Part II: Summary Judgment Motions in Defamation Actions, 1986-1994

 

Members Only

Bulletin 1995 No. 2 (April 1995): Summary Judgment Update: Part I: Practitioners' Roundtable

 

Members Only

Bulletin 1995 No. 1 (Jan. 1995): The Right of Publicity and the New Restatement (Third) of Unfair Competition

 

 

 

 

1994:

 

 

Members Only

Bulletin 1994 No. 4 (Oct. 1994): Synopsis of Current Media Libel and Privacy Developments

 

Members Only

Bulletin 1994 No. 3 (July 1994): Supreme Court Report; Practitioners' Roundtable: Damages

 

Members Only

Bulletin 1994 No. 2 (April 1994): Ten Years of "Independent Appellate Review" in Defamation Cases from Bose to Connaughton to the Present

 

Members Only

Bulletin 1994 No. 1 (Jan. 1994): Trial Results, Damages Awards and Appeals, 1992-93

 

 

 

 

1993:

 

 

Members Only

1992-93 Bulletin No. 4 (Oct. 1993): Arguing for the Protection of Opinion in the Aftermath of Milkovitch v. Lorain Journal

 

Members Only

1992-93 Bulletin No. 3 (Sept. 1993): Current Retraction Practice: An LDRC Survey (1993)

 

Members Only

1992-93 Bulletin No. 2 (July 1993): Supreme Court Report (Part 2)

 

Members Only

1992-93 Bulletin No. 1 (May 1993): Supreme Court Report (Part 1): An Overview of the Rehnquist Court (1992)

 

 

 

 

1992:

 

 

Members Only

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

 

Members Only

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

 

 

 

 

 

The Bulletin was not published from 1989 to 1991.

 

 

 

 

1988:

 

 

Members Only

Bulletin No. 24 (Winter 1988): Punitive Damages in Libel Actions: An LDRC Status Report and Roundtable Discussion; LDRC 50-State Survey 1988: Key Findings

 

Members Only

Bulletin No. 23 (Fall 1988): Independent Appellate Review in Libel and Related Actions from Bose to Connaughton

 

Members Only

Bulletin No. 22 (Summer 1988): LDRC Juror Attitudes Study III: Private Figure (Gross Irresponsibilty) / Newspaper/Defense Win; Supreme Court Report; LDRC Annual Steering Committee Dinner (Anthony Lewis, Jack Anderson, Rowland Evans); LDRC Annual Report 1987

 

 

 

 

1987:

 

 

Members Only

Bulletin No. 21 (Fall 1987): LDRC Litigation Study # 9: Defamation Trials, Damage Awards and Appeals III: Two Year Update (1984-1986); Supreme Court Consolidated Case List, 1980-1987; LDRC Law Review Library Bibliography; LDRC Brief Bank 

 

Members Only

Bulletin No. 20 (Summer 1987): Tort Reform and Libel (1987); LDRC Tort Reform Project Update (Part II); LDRC Tort Reform Project Publications List; Supreme Court Report (End of 1986-87 Term Report, The Libel Records of President Reagan's Nominees to Replace Justice Lewis F. Powell)

 

Members Only

Bulletin No. 19 (Spring 1987): LDRC Study 18 -- Summary Judgment Motions in Libel Actions: Two-Year Update (1984-1986); LDRC 50-State Survey 1987: Key Findings; LDRC Annual Report 1986

 

 

 

 

1986:

 

 

Members Only

Bulletin No. 18 (Fall 1986): LDRC Tort Reform Project (Part I); Supreme Court Report - New Term Opens; Supreme Court Consolidated Case List, 1985-86 Term; LDRC Law Review Library Bibliography Update; LDRC Annual Steering Committee Dinner (Judge Lawrence H . Cooke, Newton N. Minow); Amicus Curiae Brief -- Submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of Capital Cities/ABC, Inc. and The Philadelphia Inquirer in Fleming v. Moore 

 

Members Only

Bulletin No. 17 (Spring 1986): Historical Trends in Media Libel Damage Awards; LDRC SO-State Survey 1985-86: Key Findings; Supreme Court Report: Update; Analysis of Libel (Privacy) Rulings by Pending Supreme Court Nominees; Damages Watch: Update; LDRC Annual Report 1985

 

Members Only

Bulletin No. 16 (Winter 1986): LDRC Study # 7: Public Official Libel Actions; LDRC Damages Watch: Update; Supreme Court Report at Mid-term; LDRC Annual Steering Committee Dinner

 

 

 

 

1985:

 

 

Members Only

Bulletin No. 15 (Fall 1985): LDRC Juror Attitudes Study II: Private Figure/Broadcast; Supreme Court Report; Supreme Court Consolidated Case List 1984-1985 Term; LDRC Law Review Library Bibliography; LDRC Brief Bank

 

Members Only

Bulletin No. 14 (Summer 1985): LDRC Jury Attitudes Study; Supreme Court Report, 1984-85 Term

 

Members Only

Bulletin No. 13 (Spring 1985): LDRC 50-State Survey 1984: Key Findings; Supreme Court Report; LDRC Damages Watch: Update; LDRC Annual Report

 

 

 

 

1984:

 

 

Members Only

Bulletin No. 12 (Winter 1984): LDRC Study # 6 -- Summary Judgment Motions in Libel Actions: Two-Year Update; Supreme Court Report; LDRC Annual Steering Committee Dinner

 

Members Only

Bulletin No. 11 (Summer/Fall 1984): LDRC Study #5 -- Defamation Trials, Damage Awards and Appeals: Two-Year Update; LDRC Jury Project -- Part 2: Jury Instructions on File at LDRC; Supreme Court Report -- Consolidated Case List for 1983-84 Term

 

Members Only

Bulletin No. 10 (Spring 1984): LDRC Jury Project: Preliminary LDRC Study Finds State Pattern Jury Instructions Substantially Deficient; Supreme Court Report; Private Figure Libel Standards Under Gertz -- Is the Battle Really Lost (Part III); LDRC Law Review Library Bibliography; LDRC Brief Bank; News Briefs: LDRC vs. Mobil -- Some Reflections on a Critic of Media "Bias;" Litigious Groups: An Update; LDRC Federal Circuit Survey, LDRC Annual Report

 

Members Only

Bulletin No. 9 (Winter 1983-1984): LDRC 50-State Survey 1983: Key Findings; Supreme Court Report: Busy Term Ahead; LDRC Damages Watch; Juries and Damages: Comparing the Media's Libel Experience to Other Civil Litigants; Private Figure Libel Standards Under Gertz-- Is the Battle Really Lost? (Part II); LDRC Brief Bank--New Briefs at LDRC; At LDRC Dinner: Gene Roberts Warns Of Chilling Effects on Journalism; LDRC 1983 Annual Report

 

 

 

 

1983:

 

 

Members Only

Bulletin No. 8 (Fall 1983): LDRC Study #4 - Motions to Dismiss in Media Libel and Privacy Actions; Supreme Court Update; Recent Broadcaster Experience in Media Libel Trials and Appeals; News Briefs: LDRC Annual Dinner, LDRC Jury Project, Stanford Pilot Jury Study, LDRC Expert Witness Project, Iowa Libel Research Project, LDRC/ANPA/NAB Libel Defense Workshop; New LDRC Publications

 

Members Only

Bulletin No. 7 (Spring/Summer 1983): LDRC Study # 3 -- Independent Appellate Review in Libel Actions since NY Times v. Sullivan; Supreme Court Report: Final Actions in 1982-83 Term; LDRC Damages Watch; Litigious Groups; LDRC Brief Bank - New Briefs at LDRC

 

Members Only

Bulletin No. 6 (Winter 1983): LDRC Damages Watch; Supreme Court Report; Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress: New Study; LDRC/CBS Brief Bank -- 40 New Briefs at LDRC; Private Figure Fault Standards Under Gertz -- Is the Battle Really Lost?; LIBEL NEWS: Plaintiff's Libel Insurance!; LDRC 1982 Annual Report

 

 

 

 

1982:

 

 

Members Only

Bulletin No. 5 (Fall 1982): LDRC 50-State Survey 1982 Key Findings; Supreme Court Returns for New Term; LDRC Damages Watch; Noted Jurist and Academic Decry Recent Libel Trends; ACLU Adopts New Libel Policy; LDRC/CBS Brief Bank -- By Case; LDRC/CBS Brief Bank -- By Area of Law and Topic

 

Members Only

Bulletin No. 4, Part 2 (Oct. 1982): LDRC Sudy: Summary Judgment in Libel Litigation: Assessing the Impact of Hutchinson v. Proxmire

 

Members Only

Bulletin No. 4, Part 1 (Summer 1982): Defamation Trials and Damage Awards: Updating the Franklin Studies; LDRC Trial and Damages Case List; New Publication: Updated “Injury Valuation" Report, Libel and Slander, 1976-1981; Supreme Court Report: Final Actions in 1981-82 Term; At the LDRC: Mid-Summer Status Report

 

Members Only

Bulletin No. 3 (Winter 1982): LDRC Annual 50-State Survey; Inquiries: Defamation in Newsgathering, Conterclaims or Counteractions; New Materials in the LDRC Information Bank; Corporate Public Figures; Electronic Publishing -- Defamation and Privacy Issues; Supreme Court Non-Developments; Litigious Groups; Mega-Judgments Reversed, But New Mega-Judgments Entered; Amicus Curiae Activity; At the LDRC -- 1981 Annual Report

 

 

 

 

1981:

 

 

Members Only

Bulletin No. 2 (Fall 1981): LDRC Damages Project Interim Report; Multi-Million Dollar Libel Verdict Reversed on Appeal (Guccione v. Hustler); Supreme Court Enters New Term, Takes Two Libel Cases; Litigious Groups Still Active; Jury Verdict Research: Followup Study on Verdict Expectancy Values; Expert Testimony - Interim Report; New Publication; At the LDRC; Attachment

 

Members Only

Bulletin No. 1 (Summer 1981): Franklin Follow-up Study; Jury Verdict Research Study; Authors Guild Libel Survey; U.S. Supreme Court Hears No Libel; N.J. Supreme Court to Consider Reporters Privilege in Libel Action; Inquiries: Liability of a Mere Printer or Distributor, Use of Expert Witnesses, Briefs Sought on Gertz Standards; Amici Curiae; New Publications; At the LDRC; New Supporters; Publicity; Attachments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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