Entertainment & Sports,
Constitutional Law
Dec. 25, 2013
Paparazzi law limits our First Amendment rights
The Legislature has a love-hate relationship with freedom of the press, depending on who's advocating for change.
Andrew J. Thomas
Partner
Jenner & Block LLP
Phone: (213) 239-5100
Email: ajthomas@jenner.com
Harvard Univ Law School; Cambridge MA
Andrew represents content owners in copyright, trademark and First Amendment matters. CONTENT MATTERS is a monthly column devoted to matters of interest to those who create content of all kinds (entertainment, news, software, advertising, etc.) and bring that content to market. Our hope is to shed light on key issues facing the creative content community. If you have questions, comments or topic ideas, let us know. Because content matters.
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The state Legislature, it would seem, has a love-hate relationship with freedom of the press.
On one hand, it enacted one of the first, and broadest, anti-SLAPP statutes in the country, providing for early dismissals and attorney fee recoveries by media defendants and others who are forced to defend meritless lawsuits based on their speech about public issues. See Cal. Code Civ. Proc. Section 425.16. On the other han...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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