Media, Communications and Internet

News Media Industry

For media clients - including newspapers, broadcast news outlets, publishers, cable television providers, Internet service providers, and new media companies - the group provides full-service legal advice and litigation in the following areas:

• Libel, slander and defamation based on media publications
• Invasion of privacy, including claims for false light, eavesdropping, trespass, and public disclosure of private facts
• Access to information, including Sunshine Law and Freedom of Information Act litigation
• Reporter's privilege
• Copyright and data protection
• Misappropriation and right of publicity
• Advertising, sweepstakes and promotions
• Regulatory issues, including media postal regulations
• Internet issues, including cybersquatting, data mining, and intellectual property
• Employment issues, including media-specific employment issues such as media talent contracts, media labor contracts and negotiations