The tragic death of George Floyd on 25 May 2020 whilst being detained by the police in Minneapolis has been the focus of many headlines over the past few weeks, dominating the media landscape. Read the rest of this entry »
United States: Media and Law Round Up – June 2020
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United States: Media and Law Round Up – May 2020
13 05 2020
The impact of the coronavirus continues to receive much coverage this month. Car manufacturer Tesla was ordered to keep its main California plant closed but has opened it anyway. Amidst the ongoing operations issues companies faced due to the virus, US unemployment figures have reached 14.7%. It is estimated that over 20.5m jobs were lost in the month of April. Read the rest of this entry »
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United States: Media and Law Round Up – April 2020
16 04 2020Coronavirus-oriented news has, unsurprisingly, dominated the US headlines this month. The Presidential response to the health crisis, policy implications and media misinformation has been the focus of much coverage. Read the rest of this entry »
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United States: Media and Law Round Up – March 2020
19 03 2020The US Congress is considering passing a Data Protection Bill in a bid to harmonise data protection regimes nationwide. BetaNews considers the implications and developments. There have also been calls for a US data protection agency to be established which a number of commentators have called for following Senator Kirsten Gillbrand’s proposal for such legislation. Read the rest of this entry »
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The United States should follow the EU’s lead in recognising actions in support of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions Movement as protected speech – Eliza Bechtold
5 03 2020
To the shock of many Europeans, Americans are free to voice support for terrorism, direct racist and xenophobic insults at particular groups, and deny the Holocaust without fear of running afoul of the law. Read the rest of this entry »
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United States: Media and Law Round Up – February 2020
16 02 2020Facebook has entered a $550m settlement with the Federal Trade Commission. The settlement comes following allegations that the social media giant’s photo-scanning technology violated Illinois privacy laws. The law, the Illinois Privacy Act 2008, was very strict in its adjudication of consumer privacy laws. The Guardian has coverage. Read the rest of this entry »
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United States: Media and Law Round Up – January 2020
24 01 2020
In the Indiana Commercial Court a jury had awarded a doctor $4.75m following her claims that she was wrongly accused of having alcohol on her breath while on duty. Dr Rebecca Denman was awarded the sum following a defamation lawsuit against St. Vincent Carmel Hospital and St. Vincent Carmel Medical Group Inc. The Indiana Business Journal reports as does the Indiana Lawyer. Read the rest of this entry »
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United States: The case of the “pedo guy” tweet: Elon Musk is successful in his defence – Suneet Sharma
8 12 2019
On Friday 6 December 2019, a US District Court jury returned a verdict in favour of Tesla CEO Elon Musk in a $190 million libel case brought by British cave diver, Vernon Unsworth. Read the rest of this entry »
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United States: Monthly Round Up – 6 October 2019
6 12 2019
Welcome to INFORRM’s US Monthly Round Up which we have decided to revive for the benefit of our readers. Posts will consider monthly developments in media law across the United States. We hope readers find this useful. Read the rest of this entry »
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United States: Is Assange Entitled to Full First Amendment Protection? – James C Goodale
10 11 2019
At a recent panel discussion at Columbia University on Press Freedom, National Security and Whistleblowers, at which the case of Julian Assange was discussed, no one on the panel mentioned the application of the First Amendment to the defense of Julian Assange. Rather, members of the panel effectively suggested his actions could be judged by a public interest or public concern standard. Read the rest of this entry »
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