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Category: Media Law
Media Law - January 18, 2010
Reporter Kendall Hatch has a piece in The Metrowest Daily News considering the long-term implications of the Supreme Judicial Court's recent ruling in the open meeting law ca
Media Law - January 07, 2010
The Supreme Judicial Court today issued a major ruling for members of the news media, affirming a broad immunity from libel for journalists who report fairly and accurately on official government actions and statements. The opinion in
Contracts Blog - January 07, 2010
Found some Dubai World contracts. Also found an interesting Mike Tyson contract from the
Media Law - January 07, 2010
The Massachusetts Bar Foundation is celebrating its 45th anniversary this year. I am honored to serve as
Media Law - January 07, 2010
From the Standard-Times: The Standard-Times has asked the Plymouth County district attorney to investigate the Board of Selectmen's heavy use of executive sessions in the hi
Media Law - January 07, 2010
The Supreme Court's 1963 decision, Gideon v. Wainwright, guaranteed that criminal defendants unable to afford their own lawyer would have one appointed at the public's expense. Should there be a corollary right in certain types of civil cases that involve basic human needs, such as when a person ...
Media Law - January 07, 2010
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court announced a new judicial conduct rule today that slightly eases restrictions on state court judges' ability to explain their decisions to the public. Although the SJC did not adopt the more liberal rule changes
Media Law - January 07, 2010
The Massachusetts Secretary of State's office has ruled that the public has a right to know the names, addresses and amounts owed of the top 10 parking scofflaws in the town of Watertown. In a Dec. 24 letter published by the
Media Law - January 07, 2010
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court today issued its ruling in a key open meeting law case, District Attorney for the Northern District v. School Committee of Wayland. The SJC ruled that the School Committee violated the law when
Media Law - November 05, 2009
Does the Fourth Amendment's protection against unreasonable searches and seizures extend to e-mail and data stored in "the cloud"? Surprisingly, the question remains unsettled in the courts. On this week's legal-affairs podcast
Media Law - October 28, 2009
An important case interpreting the Massachusetts open meeting law comes up for argument before the Supreme Judicial Court on Monday. The case, District Attorney v. Wayland School Committee, presents the question of whet
Media Law - October 28, 2009
A case that could decide whether the Massachusetts anti-SLAPP statute applies to journalists comes up for argument Monday before the Supreme Judicial Court. The case,
Media Law - October 19, 2009
Can a town deny a public-records request on the grounds that the requester still owes money for an earlier request?No, according to a ruling made by Alan Cote, the Massachusetts supervisor of public records. As reported by the
Media Law - October 18, 2009
Some items in the news this week regarding the Massachusetts open meeting law:A Cape Cod Times editorial calls for the state legislature to put teeth in the open meeting and publ
Media Law - October 16, 2009
This week on the legal-affairs podcast Lawyer2Lawyer, we try to sort fact from fiction regarding the Federal Trade Commission's
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