Access / Freedom of Information:

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

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

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

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

Cases on Government Information Since 9/11 (Newsgathering Committee report, Oct. 2003)

Actual Malice:

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

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

2002 Actual Malice Practice Guide (MLRC report, Dec. 2002)

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

Agricultural Disparagement:

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

Anti-SLAPP Statutes:  

Bulletin 1999 No. 3 Part II (Dec. 1999): includes “State anti-SLAPP Statutes” article

Appeals:

Bulletin 2000 No. 3 (Aug. 2000): includes LDRC 2000 Report on Appellate Results

Bulletin 1999 No. 2 (July 1999): includes “The Texas Interlocutory Appeal Statute” article

Bulletin 1998 No. 3 (1998): includes LDRC 1998 Report on Appellate Results

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

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

Bulletin No. 23 (Fall 1988): Independent Appellate Review

Bulletin No. 11 (Summer/Fall 1984): includes LDRC Study #5 -- Defamation Trials, Damage Awards and Appeals: Two-Year Update

Bulletin No. 7 (Spring/Summer 1983): includes LDRC Study # 3 -- Independent Appellate Review in Libel Actions since NY Times v. Sullivan

Bulletin No. 3 (Winter 1982): includes Mega-Judgments Reversed, But New Mega-Judgments Entered

Bulletin No. 2 (Fall 1981): includes Multi-Million Dollar Libel Verdict Reversed on Appeal (Guccione v. Hustler)

Bulletin No. 1 (Summer 1981): includes U.S. Supreme Court Hears No Libel; N.J. Supreme Court to Consider Reporters Privilege in Libel Action

American Civil Liberties Union:

Bulletin No. 5 (Fall 1982): includes “ACLU Adopts New Libel Policy” article

Attorney Fees

LDRC Survey on Tort Reform, Attorneys' Fee Sanctions and Legislative Developments (Summer 1989)

Authors Guild:

Bulletin No. 1 (Summer 1981): includes Authors Guild Libel Survey

 Bench / Bar Relations:

Bench Media Project (MLRC report, June 2000)

Briefs:  (also see MLRC (LDRC) Brief Bank)

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

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

Bulletin No. 18 (Fall 1986): includes 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

Bulletin No. 3 (Winter 1982): includes “Amicus Curiae Activity” article

Bulletin No. 1 (Summer 1981): includes ”Inquiry: Briefs Sought on Gertz Standards and Amici Curiae” article

Commercial Speech:

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)

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

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)

Complaints:

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

Bulletin 2002 No. 3 (Aug. 2002): includes 2001 Complaint Study 

1998 Complaint Study (MLRC staff report Sept. 1998)

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

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

Copyright / Trademark:

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

Bulletin 2006 No. 3/4 Part I (Dec. 2006): MLRC 2006 Articles & Report on Significant Developments (includes “The Google Library Project: Both Sides of the Story”)

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

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

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

Cyberspace Project: Articles Regarding Selected Topics (Cyberspace Committee report, Aug. 1999) (includes The Libel Defense Resource Center's Annotated Bibliography of Materials Concerning First Amendment and Intellectual Property Internet Law Issues)

1997 Cyberspace Committee: Articles on Selected Topics (Cyberspace Committee report, March 1997) (includes An Annotated Bibliography Of CyberLaw Materials Concerning First Amendment and Intellectual Property Law Issues)

Counterclaims:

Bulletin No. 3 (Winter 1982): includes “Inquiry: Counterclaims or Counteractions” article

Credentials:

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

Criminal Libel:

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

Bulletin 2005 No. 4 Part A (Dec. 2005):  includes MLRC 2005 Report on Significant Developments with an Update on Criminal Libel Developments

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

"A threat to liberty" (op-ed on criminal defamation laws) (MLRC staff, April 2003)

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

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

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

Damages:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Bulletin 1994 No. 3 (July 1994): includes Practitioners' Roundtable: Damages

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

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

Bulletin No. 24 (Winter 1988): includes Punitive Damages in Libel Actions: An LDRC Status Report and Roundtable Discussion

Bulletin No. 21 (Fall 1987): includes LDRC Litigation Study # 9: Defamation Trials, Damage Awards and Appeals III: Two Year Update (1984-1986)

Bulletin No. 17 (Spring 1986): includes Historical Trends in Media Libel Damage Awards

Bulletin No. 16 (Winter 1986): includes LDRC Damages Watch: Update

Bulletin No. 13 (Spring 1985): includes LDRC Damages Watch: Update

Bulletin No. 11 (Summer/Fall 1984): includes LDRC Study #5 -- Defamation Trials, Damage Awards and Appeals: Two-Year Update

LDRC Damages Watch (MLRC staff report, March 1984)

Bulletin No. 9 (Winter 1983-1984): includes LDRC Damages Watch and Juries and Damages: Comparing the Media's Libel Experience to Other Civil Litigants

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

Bulletin No. 7 (Spring/Summer 1983): includes LDRC Damages Watch

Bulletin No. 6 (Winter 1983): includes LDRC Damages Watch

Bulletin No. 5 (Fall 1982): includes LDRC Damages Watch

Bulletin No. 4, Part 1 (Summer 1982): includes Defamation Trials and Damage Awards: Updating the Franklin Studies; LDRC Trial and Damages Case List; and New Publication: Updated “Injury Valuation" Report, Libel and Slander, 1976-1981

Bulletin No. 3 (Winter 1982): includes “Mega-Judgments Reversed, But New Mega-Judgments Entered” article

Bulletin No. 2 (Fall 1981): includes LDRC Damages Project Interim Report and Jury Verdict Research: Followup Study on Verdict Expectancy Values

Bulletin No. 1 (Summer 1981): includes Franklin Follow-up Study and Jury Verdict Research Study

Defendants:

Bulletin No. 8 (Fall 1983): includes Recent Broadcaster Experience in Media Libel Trials and Appeals

Bulletin No. 1 (Summer 1981): includes “Inquiry: Liability of a Mere Printer or Distributor” article

Employment Law:

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

Update on Employer E-mail Monitoring: The Ninth Circuit Joins the Mainstream (MLRC staff report, Spring 2003)

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

Emotional Distress:

Bulletin No. 6 (Winter 1983): includes Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress: New Study

Expert Witnesses:

Expert Witness Survey Preliminary Results (Aug. 1989)

Bulletin No. 8 (Fall 1983): includes News Brief: LDRC Expert Witness Project

Bulletin No. 2 (Fall 1981): includes Expert Testimony - Interim Report

Bulletin No. 1 (Summer 1981): includes Inquiry: Use of Expert Witnesses

Fault Standards (Negligence, Gross Irresponsibility, Actual Malice) (also see New York Times v. Sullivan)

Bulletin No. 22 (Summer 1988): includes LDRC Juror Attitudes Study III: Private Fiqure (Gross Irresponsibility) / Newspaper/Defense Win

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

Bulletin No. 10 (Spring 1984): includes Private Figure Libel Standards Under Gertz -- Is the Battle Really Lost (Part III)

Bulletin No. 9 (Winter 1983-1984): includes Private Figure Libel Standards Under Gertz-- Is the Battle Really Lost? (Part II)

Bulletin No. 6 (Winter 1983): includes Private Figure Fault Standards Under Gertz -- Is the Battle Really Lost?

Bulletin No. 1 (Summer 1981): includes Inquiry: Briefs Sought on Gertz Standards

Indecency:

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

Insurance:

Bulletin No. 6 (Winter 1983): includes LIBEL NEWS: Plaintiff's Libel Insurance!

Bulletin No. 4, Part 1 (Summer 1982): includes New Publication: Updated “Injury Valuation" Report, Libel and Slander, 1976-1981

Interlocutory Appeal

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

Internet:

Bulletin 2009 No. 2 (Aug. 2009): The First Amendment Online: Applying Traditional Rules in the New Media World & MLRC’s Supreme Court Report: Certorari Petitions in the 2008 Term

Bulletin 2008 No. 2 (May 2008): Digital Media & Comments on Frontiers in Internet Law, articles on Sec. 230, Keyword Advertising, Behavioral Advertising, Syndication of User Generated Content, Mobile Content

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

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

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

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)

Bulletin 2006 No. 3/4 Part I (Dec. 2006): MLRC 2006 Articles & Report on Significant Developments (Includes “The Google Library Project” and “New Challenges and Familiar Themes in the Recent Case Law Considering Section 230”)

Lawsuits Against Bloggers (MLRC report, continuously updated)

Cyberspace Committee: Articles on Selected Topics (Cyberspace Committee report, Oct. 2004)

     Including Jurisdiction Over Internet Publishers, The State Of The Law Of Section 230 Immunity, 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

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

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)

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

     Including 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

1997 Cyberspace Committee: Articles on Selected Topics (Cyberspace Committee report, March 1997)

     Including 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

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)

     Including Liability of Owners And Operators of Online Services for Statements Uploaded by Others, 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'a 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.

Bulletin No. 3 (Winter 1982): includes Electronic Publishing -- Defamation and Privacy Issues

International Law:

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

     Including The Law Of Privacy In England And Wales, Policing Privacy, Publishing In Ireland, Can We Bridge The Trans-Atlantic Copyright Divide, Online Intermediaries And Third Party Content Under Eu And Us Laws, Mock Trial Tales, Journalists On The Front Line, Press Freedom In The Balance

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

2005 MLRC London Conference: Transcript of Conference Speeches (Sept. 2005)

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

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

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

2003 MLRC London Conference: Transcript (Sept. 2003)

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)

International Law and the Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Based on Internet Content (Cyberspace Committee report, Aug. 2002)

Cyberspace Project: Articles Regarding Selected Topics (Cyberspace Committee report, Aug. 1999) (includes United States Jurisdiction To Enforce Foreign Internet Libel Judgments)

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

1997 Cyberspace Committee: Articles on Selected Topics (Cyberspace Committee report, March 1997) (includes Enforcing Libel Judgments Obtained In Foreign Countries In the United States)

Iowa Libel Research Project:

Bulletin No. 8 (Fall 1983): includes News Brief: Iowa Libel Research Project

Judges:

To Recuse or Not Recuse? That is the Question (Nov. 2009)

Juries / Jury Instructions:

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

Jury Debriefing: Gill v. ABC (Mock Trial) (Jury Debriefing Committee report, Nov. 2003)

Jury Debriefing: Sweeny v. New York Times (Jury Debriefing Committee report, Nov. 2003)

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

Bulletin No. 22 (Summer 1988): includes LDRC Juror Attitudes Study III: Private Figure (Gross Irresponsibility) / Newspaper/Defense Win

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

Bulletin No. 15 (Fall 1985): includes LDRC Juror Attitudes Study II: Private Figure/Broadcast

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

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

Bulletin No. 14 (Summer 1985): includes LDRC Jury Attitudes Study

Juror Attitudes Study 1 (MLRC report,1985)

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

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

Bulletin No. 11 (Summer/Fall 1984): includes LDRC Jury Project -- Part 2: Jury Instructions on File at LDRC

Bulletin No. 10 (Spring 1984): includes LDRC Jury Project: Preliminary LDRC Study Finds State Pattern Jury Instructions Substantially Deficient

Bulletin No. 9 (Winter 1983-1984): includes Juries and Damages: Comparing the Media's Libel Experience to Other Civil Litigants

Bulletin No. 8 (Fall 1983): includes News Briefs: LDRC Jury Project and Stanford Pilot Jury Study

Bulletin No. 2 (Fall 1981): includes Jury Verdict Research: Followup Study on Verdict Expectancy Values

Bulletin No. 1 (Summer 1981): includes Jury Verdict Research Study

Law Reviews:

Bulletin No. 21 (Fall 1987): includes LDRC Law Review Library Bibliography

Bulletin No. 18 (Fall 1986): includes LDRC Law Review Library Bibliography Update

Bulletin No. 15 (Fall 1985): includes LDRC Law Review Library Bibliography

Bulletin No. 10 (Spring 1984): includes LDRC Law Review Library Bibliography

Legislation

Media Law Legislative Record of President Barack Obama (Jan. 2009)

LDRC Survey on Tort Reform, Attorneys' Fee Sanctions and Legislative Developments (Summer 1989)

Media Law Legislative Record of President Barack Obama (Special Report, Jan. 2009)

Libel

Also see the following sections: Actual Malice; Agricultural Disparagement; Appeals; American Civil Liberties Union; Authors Guild; Briefs; Complaints; Criminal Libel; Damages; Defendants; Fault Standards; Juries / Jury Instructions; MLRC / LDRC Brief Bank; Motions to Dismiss; New Developments; New York Times v. Sullivan; Opinion; Plaintiffs; Retractions; Summary Judgment; Trials / Trial Practice

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

Lawsuits Against Bloggers (MLRC report, continuously updated)

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)

1997 Cyberspace Committee: Articles on Selected Topics (Cyberspace Committee report, March 1997) (includes Enforcing Libel Judgments Obtained In Foreign Countries In the United States)

Bulletin No. 8 (Fall 1983): includes News Brief: Iowa Libel Research Project

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

Bulletin No. 3 (Winter 1982): includes LDRC Annual 50-State Survey

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

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

MLRC / LDRC:

Bulletin No. 10 (Spring 1984): includes LDRC vs. Mobil -- Some Reflections on a Critic of Media "Bias"

MLRC / LDRC Activities:

Bulletin No. 22 (Summer 1988): includes LDRC Annual Report 1987

Bulletin No. 19 (Spring 1987): includes LDRC Annual Report 1986

Bulletin No. 17 (Spring 1986): includes LDRC Annual Report 1985

Bulletin No. 13 (Spring 1985): includes LDRC Annual Report (1984)

Bulletin No. 10 (Spring 1984): includes LDRC Annual Report (1983)

Bulletin No. 9 (Winter 1983-1984): includes LDRC 1983 Annual Report

Bulletin No. 6 (Winter 1983): includes LDRC 1982 Annual Report

Bulletin No. 4, Part 1 (Summer 1982): includes At the LDRC: Mid-Summer Status Report

Bulletin No. 3 (Winter 1982): includes At the LDRC -- 1981 Annual Report

Bulletin No. 2 (Fall 1981): includes At the LDRC

Bulletin No. 1 (Summer 1981): includes At the LDRC; New Supporters; and Publicity

MLRC / LDRC Brief Bank:

Bulletin No. 21 (Fall 1987): includes LDRC Brief Bank 

Bulletin No. 15 (Fall 1985): includes LDRC Brief Bank

Bulletin No. 10 (Spring 1984): includes LDRC Brief Bank

Bulletin No. 9 (Winter 1983-1984): includes LDRC Brief Bank--New Briefs at LDRC

Bulletin No. 7 (Spring/Summer 1983): includes LDRC Brief Bank - New Briefs at LDRC

Bulletin No. 6 (Winter 1983): includes LDRC/CBS Brief Bank -- 40 New Briefs at LDRC

Bulletin No. 5 (Fall 1982): includes LDRC/CBS Brief Bank -- By Case; and LDRC/CBS Brief Bank -- By Area of Law and Topic

Bulletin No. 3 (Winter 1982): includes New Materials in the LDRC Information Bank

MLRC / LDRC Dinner (specific events)

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)

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

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

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

2002 LDRC Dinner Transcript: "In the Trenches: War Reporting and the First Amendment" (Nov. 2002)

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

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

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

1992 LDRC Dinner Transcript

Bulletin No. 22 (Summer 1988): includes LDRC Annual Steering Committee Dinner (Anthony Lewis, Jack Anderson, Rowland Evans)

Bulletin No. 18 (Fall 1986): includes LDRC Annual Steering Committee Dinner (Judge Lawrence H . Cooke, Newton N. Minow)

Bulletin No. 16 (Winter 1986): includes LDRC Annual Steering Committee Dinner

Bulletin No. 12 (Winter 1984): includes LDRC Annual Steering Committee Dinner

Bulletin No. 9 (Winter 1983-1984): includes At LDRC Dinner: Gene Roberts Warns Of Chilling Effects on Journalism

Bulletin No. 8 (Fall 1983): includes News Briefs: LDRC Annual Dinner and LDRC/ANPA/NAB Libel Defense Workshop

MLRC /  LDRC Publications:

Bulletin No. 10 (Spring 1984): includes LDRC Federal Circuit Survey of Libel and Privacy Laws

Bulletin No. 8 (Fall 1983): includes  New LDRC Publications

Bulletin No. 3 (Winter 1982): includes LDRC Annual 50-State Survey

Bulletin No. 1 (Summer 1981): includes New Publications

Motions to Dismiss:

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

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

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

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

Bulletin No. 8 (Fall 1983): includes LDRC Study #4 - Motions to Dismiss in Media Libel and Privacy Actions

National Security

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)

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

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

2002 LDRC Dinner Transcript: "In the Trenches: War Reporting and the First Amendment" (Nov. 2002)

New Developments:

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.

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

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

Bulletin 2005 No. 4 Part A (Dec. 2005):  includes MLRC 2005 Report on Significant Developments with an Update on Criminal Libel Developments

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Bulletin No. 24 (Winter 1988): includes LDRC 50-State Survey 1988: Key Findings

Bulletin No. 19 (Spring 1987): includes LDRC 50-State Survey 1987: Key Findings

Bulletin No. 17 (Spring 1986): includes LDRC 50-State Survey 1985-86: Key Findings

Bulletin No. 13 (Spring 1985): includes LDRC 50-State Survey 1984: Key Findings

Bulletin No. 9 (Winter 1983-1984): includes LDRC 50-State Survey 1983: Key Findings

Bulletin No. 5 (Fall 1982): includes LDRC 50-State Survey 1982 Key Findings

New York Times v. Sullivan (case) (also see Actual Malice, Fault Standards)

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

Newsgathering: (also see National Security; Privacy, Sources)

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

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

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

Bulletin 2005 No. 4 Part A (Dec. 2005): includes When Government Shuts Out Critical Press: Government Retaliation and the First Amendment

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

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

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

Bulletin No. 3 (Winter 1982): includes Inquiry: Defamation in Newsgathering

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

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

A New Federal Law May Impede Public Health Reporting (HIPAA) (Newsgathering Committee memo

Nominees, Judicial:

Media Law Opinions of Supreme Court Nominee Sonia Sotomayor (June 2009)

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

Bulletin No. 20 (Summer 1987): includes Supreme Court Report (including The Libel Records of President Reagan's Nominees to Replace Justice Lewis F. Powell)

Opinion:

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

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

Plaintiffs:

Bulletin No. 22 (Summer 1988): includes LDRC Juror Attitudes Study III: Private Fiqure (Gross Irresponsibilty) / Newspaper/Defense Win

Bulletin No. 16 (Winter 1986): includes LDRC Study # 7: Public Official Libel Actions

Bulletin No. 15 (Fall 1985): includes LDRC Juror Attitudes Study II: Private Figure/Broadcast

Bulletin No. 10 (Spring 1984): includes Litigious Groups: An Update

Bulletin No. 7 (Spring/Summer 1983): includes Litigious Groups

Bulletin No. 6 (Winter 1983): includes LIBEL NEWS: Plaintiff's Libel Insurance!

Bulletin No. 3 (Winter 1982): includes Corporate Public Figures and Litigious Groups

Bulletin No. 2 (Fall 1981): includes Litigious Groups Still Active

Pre-Publication, Pre-Broadcast Review:

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

Prepublication/Prebroadcast Checklist (Pre-Publication/Pre-Broadcast Review Committee report, Oct. 2005)

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

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

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

Prepublication Prebroadcast Review Preliminary Survey Results (1989)

Privacy:

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

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

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

A New Federal Law May Impede Public Health Reporting (HIPAA) (Newsgathering Committee memo, April 2003)

Privacy Online 2.0 (Cyberspace Committee report, July 2002)

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

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)

Cyberspace Project: Articles Regarding Selected Topics (Cyberspace Committee report, Aug. 1999) (includes Privacy in Cyberspace)

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

Bulletin No. 3 (Winter 1982): includes LDRC Annual 50-State Survey

Recusal:

To Recuse or Not Recuse? That is the Question (Nov. 2009)

Reporters Privilege:

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

Bulletin 2006 No. 3/4 Part I (Dec. 2006): MLRC 2006 Articles & Report on Significant Developments (includes “Reporter’s Privilege Issues: Continuing Attacks in 2006” and “The Four Myths Surrounding the Common Law Reporter’s Privilege”)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

Bulletin No. 1 (Summer 1981): includes N.J. Supreme Court to Consider Reporters Privilege in Libel Action

Retractions:

Current Retraction Practice: An LDRC Survey (1993)

Right of Publicity:

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.

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)

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

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)

Sources (also see Reporters’ Privilege)