Bob Corn-Revere has extensive experience in First Amendment law and communications, media and information technology law. He regularly counsels clients and serves as litigation counsel in communications and Internet-related matters. Bob speaks and writes extensively on First Amendment and communications policy issues.
Bob also successfully petitioned Governor George E. Pataki to grant the first posthumous pardon in New York history, to the late comedian Lenny Bruce in a landmark pro bono case.
Bob’s clients include: A&E Television Networks, American Association of Advertising Agencies, Association of National Advertisers, American Advertising Federation, CBS Corp., ICM Registry, Motion Picture Association of America, National Association of Broadcasters, Playboy Enterprises and Viacom.
Selected Experience
United States v. Stevens (Supreme Court)
Robert J. Stevens
2009
Co-counsel for respondent in case challenging the constitutionality of a federal law prohibiting depictions of "animal cruelty."
United States v. Playboy Entertainment Group, Inc. (Supreme Court)
Playboy Entertainment Group, Inc.
Represented Playboy Entertainment Group in a successful challenge to a provision of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 that restricted Playboy Television. This case established that cable television networks are fully protected by the First Amendment.
Berger v. City of Seattle (9th Cir.-en banc)
Michael James Berger
2009
Represented appellant in successful First Amendment challenge to restrictions on use of the public forum in the Seattle Center, a multipurpose cultural and entertainment venue.
CBS Corp. v. FCC (3rd Cir.)
CBS Corp.
2008
Represented CBS in a case challenging the FCC's indecency finding and $550,000 forfeiture penalty levied against CBS for the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show featuring Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake.
Fox Television Stations and CBS Broadcasting Inc. v. FCC (2nd Cir.)
CBS Television Network
2008
Represented CBS Television Network in Fox Television Stations, Inc. v. FCC before the 2nd Circuit and the Supreme Court in a challenge to the FCC’s application of broadcast indecency rules to “fleeting expletives.”
Huminski v. Corsones (2nd Cir.)
Scott Huminski
2006
Pro bono counsel for plaintiff/appellant in a case holding, for the first time, that individual members of the public have a First Amendment right to attend court proceedings.
Mainstream Marketing Services, Inc. v. FTC (10th Cir.)
Mainstream Marketing Services
2004
Lead counsel in litigation challenging the constitutionality of the national "do-not-call" telemarketing regulation.
Motion Picture Association of America v. FCC (D.C. Cir.)
Motion Picture Association of America
2002
Represented the Motion Picture Association of America, the National Association of Broadcasters, and the National Cable & Telecommunications Association in successful challenge to FCC rules imposing mandates for video description of television programming.
Mainstream Loudoun v. Board of Trustees of the Loudoun County Public Library (E.D. Va.)
1998
Lead counsel in which the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia held that mandatory content filtering of public library Internet terminals violates the First Amendment.