Practice Areas
Media Law
Our firm represents media clients in a wide variety of contexts unique to the media. First Amendment, defamation, and right of access issues often confront the media, and our attorneys regularly work with media clients in aggressively protecting their interests. We regularly advise media representatives on issues related to the Open Meetings Act, Shield Law, defamation prevention, and copyright and trademark matters under Federal and State law, particularly Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama. Our attorneys regularly work with media clients to protect their interests.
Recent Representative Matters
- Successfully appealed denial of election commission records
- Promptly obtained modification of court gag-order as overbroad prior restraint of free speech
- Successfully defended media client in multi-million dollar defamation case
- Forced state and local governments and universities to release information, including e-mails, pursuant to Public Records Act
- Compelled governmental entity to allow media access to meetings of governmental officials
- Defended media under Shield Law from giving testimony or releasing photographs pursuant to subpoena
- Regularly advised media representatives on Open Meetings Act, Open Records Act, defamation prevention, use of photographs and excerpts, and copyright and trademark issues under Federal and State law, particularly Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama.