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United States v. Brown
Threat Type: Criminal ChargeParty Receiving Legal Threat: Barrett BrownDate: 09/12/2012Type of Party: GovernmentStatus: PendingType of Party: IndividualLocation of Party: United StatesLocation: Texas...
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Montesquieu, Come Back! (The French Police Already Know Where You Are)
On December 19, 2013, the French Loi de Programmation Militaire (the Military Program law, or "LPM"), was enacted. Article 20 of the LPM, which will come into force on January 1, 2015, authorizes the...
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Lawyers in the Vortex: When Attorneys Become Public Figures
There was substantial media coverage of the defense verdict in the recent "twibel" (i.e., libel via Twitter) case against singer Courtney Love. Although the case attracted attention for the medium in...
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Revised DOJ Regs Protect "Members of the News Media," But What Does That Mean?
On February 21, 2014, the U.S. Department of Justice released its long-awaited revisions to 28 C.F.R. § 50.10, the DOJ's regulatory guidelines (the "Guidelines") regarding investigations and...
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Yelp, Inc. v. Hadeed Carpet Cleaning, Inc.
Threat Type: SubpoenaParty Receiving Legal Threat: Yelp, Inc.Date: 07/02/2012Type of Party: OrganizationStatus: ConcludedType of Party: OrganizationDisposition: Subpoena EnforcedLocation of Party:...
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With Cameras Banned in the Supreme Court, Undercover Video Emerges
People are discovering a recently-posted YouTube video that apparently shows both a portion of the oral argument in a campaign finance case in October 2013 and Wednesday's interruption of an oral...
View ArticleA New Approach to Helping Journalism Non-Profits at the IRS
Today, the Digital Media Law Project has launched a new version of its resources for journalism organizations seeking a Section 501(c)(3) tax exemption for the IRS. As a project, we have been...
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Naffe v. Frey
Threat Type: LawsuitParty Receiving Legal Threat: John Patrick Frey; Christi Frey; Steve Cooley; County of Los AngelesDate: 10/02/2012Type of Party: IndividualStatus: PendingType of Party:...
View ArticleDMLP Announcement: Live Chat Session on Tax-Exempt Journalism (UPDATED)
UPDATE: The chat session scheduled for April 10, 2014 has been postponed. We hope to have a rescheduled date soon, so please stay tuned. This Thursday, April 10, 2014, at 1 p.m. ET, the Digital Media...
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The Legal Needs of Emerging Online Media: The Online Media Legal Network...
The Digital Media Law Project is pleased to announce the release of its report, The Legal Needs of Emerging Online Media: The Online Media Legal Network after 500 Referrals. Executive Summary Since...
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Service and Research at the Frontier of Media Law
Earlier today the Digital Media Law Project released a new report, The Legal Needs of Emerging Online Media: The Online Media Legal Network after 500 Referrals. This report explores the large body of...
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Hear Ye, Hear Ye! Some Federal Courts Post Audio Recordings Online
While the propriety of video and photography equipment in federal courts is subject of ongoing debate and testing, a number of federal bankruptcy courts and three federal district courts make audio...
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Feld v. Conway
Threat Type: LawsuitParty Receiving Legal Threat: Crystal ConwayDate: 12/10/2013Type of Party: IndividualStatus: PendingType of Party: IndividualDisposition: Dismissed (total)Location of Party:...
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Dardenne v. MoveOn.org
Threat Type: LawsuitParty Receiving Legal Threat: MoveOn.orgDate: 03/14/2014Type of Party: GovernmentStatus: PendingType of Party: OrganizationDisposition: Injunction DeniedLocation of Party:...
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National Security Agency v. McCall
Threat Type: CorrespondenceParty Receiving Legal Threat: Dan McCallDate: 03/15/2011Type of Party: GovernmentStatus: ConcludedType of Party: IndividualDisposition: Settled (total)Location of Party:...
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Tarantino v. Gawker Media, LLC
Threat Type: LawsuitParty Receiving Legal Threat: Gawker Media, LLC; Gawker Media Group, Inc; Gawker Entertainment, LLC; Doe 1 aka AnonFiles.com; Does 2 through 10Date: 01/27/2014Type of Party:...
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Baidu's Political Censorship is Protected by First Amendment, but Raises...
Baidu, the operator of China’s most popular search engine, has won the dismissal of a United States lawsuit brought by pro-democracy activists who claimed that the company violated their civil rights...
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Will E.U. Court's Privacy Ruling Break the Internet?
In 2012, a bevy of internet companies and web sites waged a successful campaign against bills in Congress -- the PROTECT IP Act and Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) -- meant to combat copyright privacy....
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DMLP Announcement: A New Report on Media Credentialing in the United States
The Digital Media Law Project at Harvard University's Berkman Center for Internet & Society and the Journalist's Resource project at Harvard's Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public...
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Seven Years of Serving and Studying the Legal Needs of Digital Journalism
We have some important news to share from the Digital Media Law Project. After seven years of providing legal assistance to independent journalism through various methods, the DMLP will soon spin off...
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