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Writing
What the “Wagatha Christie” Saga Says about UK Libel Litigation (The Hollywood Reporter)
The First Amendment Is Stronger Than Johnny Depp (The Atlantic)
Can Pete Davidson Sue Kanye West? Probably Not (The Hollywood Reporter)
Who Is the Bad Copyright Friend? (The Hollywood Reporter)
Can Fox News Really Be Sued for Vaccine Misinformation? (The Hollywood Reporter)
Flag on the Play: How an Ambush Interview Put Fox Sports Host in a Legal Red Zone (The Hollywood Reporter)
Rhetorical Hyperbole Is the Defamation Defense Du Jour (The Hollywood Reporter)
WAP SLAPP: How Cardi B Could Defend a Libel Suit From Candace Owens (The Hollywood Reporter)
The Libel-Proof Plaintiff: Sorting Fact and Opinion in the Age of Rhetorical Hyperbole (Media Law Resource Center)
Is Pillow CEO’s 'Secret Relationship' Defamation Suit All Fluff? (NY Law Journal) (Paywalled)
Professor's 'Self-Defamation' Suit Unlikely To Succeed (Law360) (Paywalled)
What Is a 'Substantial Basis' Under New York’s Anti-SLAPP Law? (NY Law Journal) (Paywalled)
How New York Anti-SLAPP Law Could Survive The 2nd Circuit (Law360) (Paywalled)
INTERVIEWS/media coverage
Ten Questions to a Media Lawyer (Media Law Resource Center)
Why First Amendment Experts Think Fox News Will Settle Its Dominion Dispute (The Hollywood Reporter)
Ep. 25 “Based on a True Story Liability” (The SERMA Podcast)
Mount Vernon City Hall recording ban raises First Amendment concerns (lohud)
Is This the Beginning of the End of the Internet? (The Atlantic)
Episode 111: Cameras in the Courtroom (Miranda Warnings Podcast)
Legal Face-Off: Grab Bag 6/17/22 (WGN Radio)
Lawmakers repealed 50-a in June 2020. Two years later, the fight has just begun (lohud)
No, Kyle Rittenhouse, the Depp-Heard Verdict Shouldn’t Be ‘Fueling’ You (Rolling Stone)
Legal Face-Off: Depp, Uvalde, Kanye, and much more (WGN Radio)
A Lawyer Answers Your Questions About the Johnny Depp and Amber Heard Trial (Vice UK)
If Jerry West Sued Over ‘Winning Time,’ Legal Case May Face Uphill Battle (The Hollywood Reporter)
NY Times fires back at defamation plaintiff with anti-SLAPP lawsuit (Reuters)
Defamation Lawsuit Against Netflix Over ‘Afflicted’ Docuseries Allowed to Proceed (The Hollywood Reporter)
“Could Jurors’ Smartphone Alerts Push an Appellate Court’s Buttons in Sarah Palin-N.Y. Times Defamation Fight?” (The Hollywood Reporter)
“If Sarah Palin Wins, Fox News Could Lose” (NY Mag)
“The Epstein Posthumous Battle” (Puck)
“NFT of Silk Road founder's art sells for more than $6 million” (Yahoo! News)
“Who Is The Bad Art Friend?” (New York Times Magazine)
Interviewed by June Grasso about ambush TV interviews and wiretapping laws (Bloomberg Radio)
“Bridging the Defamation Divide One Contentious Phone Call at a Time” (Law.com)
“‘The Heat Has Ratcheted Up': What to Know About New York’s Latest Anti-SLAPP Ruling” (AdWeek)
Press Conference with State Senator Brad Hoylman in Support of Anti-SLAPP legislation (Recording / Coverage)
“Book publisher paraphrases Bullwinkle in response to Michael Avenatti’s defamation assertion” (ABA Journal / Fox News Coverage / Law360 Coverage)
FOIA LITIGATION [***UNDEFEATED***]
RADAR ONLINE VERSUS FBI (SDNY): Jeffrey Epstein files (Ongoing)
EMMA BEST VERSUS FBI (SDNY): Scientology investigation files
DELL CAMERON [GIZMODO] VERSUS FBI (SDNY): Roger Ailes files
MAKUHARI MEDIA VERSUS FBI (EDNY): 2007 NBA gambling scandal
ADAM JOHNSON VS CIA (SDNY/2ND CIRCUIT): CIA Press Office correspondence
KEVIN COLLIER VERSUS FCC (EDNY): (Alleged) cyber attack evidence
BETHANY KOSMIDER VERSUS ESSEX COUNTY, NEW YORK (NY COURT OF APPEALS): Electronic voting records
PATRICK RADDEN KEEFE VERSUS FDA (SDNY): Oxycontin Approval files
NOVACK VERSUS DOJ (SDNY): JPMorgan mortgage-backed securities investigation