Media Law Resource Center (United States)

From the website of Media Law Resource Center:

“The Media Law Resource Center (MLRC) is a non-profit membership association for content providers in all media, and for their defense lawyers, providing a wide range of resources on media and content law and policy issues. These include news and analysis of legal, legislative and regulatory developments; litigation resources and practice guides; and national and international media law conferences and meetings. MLRC also works with its membership to respond to legislative and policy proposals, and speaks to the press and public on media law and First Amendment issues.

MLRC was founded in 1980 by leading American publishers and broadcasters to assist in defending and protecting free press rights under the First Amendment. Today MLRC is supported by over one hundred and fifteen members, including leading publishers, broadcasters, and cable programmers, internet operations, media and professional trade associations, and media insurance professionals in America and around the world. The MLRC’s Defense Counsel Section includes more than 200 law firms worldwide that specialize in media defense representation.”

The MLRC Institute

The MLRC Institute (formerly the LDRC Institute) is a 501(c)(3) charitable non-profit corporation created in 1988 to sponsor and support First Amendment education and research projects. It has received a grant from the Dow Jones Foundation to fund a one-year fellowship position. The WSJ-MLRC Institute Free Speech Fellow assists in supporting and further developing the Institute’s First Amendment education and research projects.

Media Law Resource Center (MLRC) Publications

MLRC produces a variety of publications focused on different practical and doctrinal aspects of media and First Amendment law. These publications are written by practitioners for practitioners. The followin are some examples:

Media Law Letter

Published monthly, the MediaLawLetter is the leading professional news source for developments in media law and policy, with reports on decisions and statutory developments.

Media Law Daily

Published daily by e-mail, the Daily links to breaking news stories from the U.S. and the world on media law and business issues, and to decisions, briefs and legislative initiatives. It is available to Media Members and Enhanced Defense Counsel Section Members only; it is not available to other members or non-members.

MLRC Bulletin

Published three times a year, the Bulletin is an in-depth journal on media law developments and trends, including regularly updated studies of U.S. media libel, privacy and related trials.

Employment-2012 MLRC 50-State Surveys

Three annually updated treatises Media Libel Law – Media Privacy and Related Law Employment Libel and Privacy Law are the leading litigation guides to the law in these fields, with detailed state-by-state information.

Articles and Reports

MLRC publishes numerous articles and reports for members that provide invaluable guidance on libel, privacy, intellectual property, and other areas of law and practice of relevance to media and its counsel.

More info at https://www.medialaw.org.

Media Law Resource Center