Cooper’s historical eminence in media law continues today. We represent print publications, cable television operators and broadcast stations regarding newsgathering and content issues such as access to news and shield laws, obscurity and indecency laws, and licensing and syndication. It is not uncommon for our attorneys to travel to courts on an emergency basis to represent reporters facing obstacles to doing their jobs. Our media lawyers also have a command of defamation law, including such weapons as SLAPP motions to provide an effective defense should a story be questioned. We also provide prepublication and prebroadcast review of stories with a goal of allowing the story to be told, while protecting our clients from claims.
Media Law Attorneys
Media Law Alerts
- Broadcasting News: Anti-Discrimination Laws Called Into Question April 30, 2014
- Defamation Statute of Limitations Triggered Even by Obscure Publication February 22, 2008
- Memo to Communications Clients: FCC Releases Current Inflation Figure for Forms 1210 and 1240 Cable Rates October 5, 2005
- Memo To Communications Clients: Arbitration Cautions; VC Alert: Quasi-California Corporations; Outsider Harassment as Hostile Environment; Software Licensing Survey; USF Rural Support; “No” to Some City RFIs; CALEA for VOIP; Digital-to-Analog Converters? October 1, 2005
- Memo To Communications Clients: DSL Deregulated, Ending Open Access; Partial-Day Leaves for Exempt Employees; No Discrimination Against Domestic Partners August 5, 2005
- Memo To Communications Clients: Arbitration Clause Survives?; Abetting Online Lottery; Contract Interference & Related Companies; Easement Gets Fiber Optics; Naked CA Broadband?; VOIP 911; Wine Online August 5, 2005
- Memo to Communications Clients: AMC Morphing Breaks Programming Agreement; VOIP Rules Start July 29; FMLA Leave for Care Only; Cause for Termination No Bar to ADA Claim; Telco/Cellular Reciprocal Compensation; Unlicensed Contractor Gets Stiffed July 15, 2005
- Memo to Communications Clients: FCC Releases Current Inflation Figure for Form 1240 Cable Rates July 7, 2005
- Memo To Communications Clients: Cable Broadband Not Regulated Telecom, Says Supreme Court; Grokster Exposure for Promoting Infringement; California Limits Consumer Class Action Waiver; Universal Service Fund Inquiry; Do-Not-Call Exception for Recall June 28, 2005
Media Law Cooper News
- Six Cooper Attorneys Named Northern California Super Lawyers July 28, 2009
- Cooper, White & Cooper LLP Joins Lawyers Associated Worldwide April 18, 2009
- Jamie Chou and Patrick Rosvall Become Partners of the Firm January 15, 2008
- Seven Cooper Attorneys Named as Northern California Super Lawyers in San Francisco Magazine July 26, 2007
Media Law Legal News
- Ninth Circuit Imagines Self-Defamation From Insufficient Context October 19, 2010
- Consumer Law Firm’s Ad Survives Product Maker’s SLAPP Defense October 19, 2010
- Ad Sales Are Services, Not Goods Covered by UCC July 24, 2008
- County Supervisor’s Public Criticisms May Be Actionable By Business May 13, 2008