2007

• Ninth Circuit Finds Google Not Liable for Copyright Infringement for Displaying Thumbnail Images; Remands Case on Issue of Contributory Infringement for Linking to Full-Sized Images [May 2007]
• FCC Funds Telehealth Deployment through Rural Health Care Pilot Program [May 2007]
• California Supreme Court Holds that Defamatory Speech May Be Enjoined After Trial [April 2007]
• FCC Issues Report on Violent Television Programming and its Impact on Children [April 2007]
• FCC Seeks Comment on Scope of Cable’s Must-Carry Obligations After 2009 Digital Television Transition [April 2007]
• Copyright Royalty Board Releases Music Royalties for Internet Radio Streaming for 2006-2010—Clarifying the Confusion [April 2007]
• California’s Constitutional Right to Privacy is Limited by Statutory Litigation Privilege [April 2007]

2006

• Copyright Office Grants Six Exemptions to Digital Millennium Copyright Act [Dec. 2006]
• Davis Wright Tremaine and Cole, Raywid & Braverman Merge to Form Communications/Media/Technology Powerhouse [Nov. 2006]
• Navigating Media Rules in China
  Despite greater openness, companies still face restrictions [Nov. 2006]
• Thirteen Davis Wright Tremaine Media, Entertainment and First Amendment Attorneys Named The Best Lawyers In America [Oct. 2006]
• Crackdown on Online Gambling Presents Continued Risks for Media [Aug. 2006]
• Internet Radio—The Basics of Music Royalty Obligations [Aug 2006]
• California Supreme Court Applies Electronic-Recording Statute to Calls Placed from One-Party-Consent State into California [July 2006]
• FCC Orders Modify Approach to Televised Indecency and Profanity Omnibus Order Addresses Nearly 50 Programs; Others Propose Record $3.6 Million Fine for “Without a Trace” and Finalize $550,000 Fine for Janet Jackson Exposure [March 2006]
• Further FCC Report to Congress on À La Carte and Tiered Programming [Feb. 2006]
• Press Release: Davis Wright Tremaine Law Firm Expands Nationally-Known Communications & Media Law Practice in D.C. [Feb. 2006]

Winter 2005

• Guarding Against Domain Name Hijacking [January 2005]

Fall 2004

• Does California Need More Sunshine?: A Brief Polemic In Favor Of California’s Proposed Constitutional “Sunshine Amendment”
• Indecent Proposals: Why Most Recent FCC Indecency Crackdown Risks Crossing Center Line into Oncoming First Amendment Showdown

Summer 2004

• FCC Issues NOI Regarding Violent TV Programs' Effects on Children [August 2004]

Spring 2004

• FCC to Commence EEO Audits [May 2004]

2007

First Amendment Law Letter [Winter 2007] view .pdf

In this issue:

• Idea Theft After Grosso – The Proliferation of Expensive and Burdensome Lawsuits
• Supreme Court Sours on Discovery Rule but Ninth Circuit Doesn't Flinch
• The Relevance of Bad Faith to Fair Use Analysis
  

In this issue:

FCC Indecency Saga Continues: Courts and Congress Take Up Where FCC Left Off
• The Uncertain Future of Section 230 and Liability For Mixed-Content Websites
• Staying Anchored to DMCA Safe Harbors in Turbulent Times

2005

First Amendment Law Letter [Fall 2005] view .pdf

In this issue:

• California Code of Civil Procedure § 425.17(c): A New Restriction on Anti-SLAPP Motion
• Battle to Maintain Public and Press Access to Divorce Courts
• California Legislature Amends Anti-SLAPP Statute Again

First Amendment Law Letter [Spring 2005]

In this issue:

• Favish Decision Increases Risk for Publication of Death Scene Images
• Court TV Challenges the Constitutionality of New York’s Ban on Televising Trials

2004

First Amendment Law Letter [Fall 2004]

In this issue:

• Does California Need More Sunshine?: A Brief Polemic In Favor Of California’s Proposed Constitutional “Sunshine Amendment”
• Indecent Proposals: Why Most Recent FCC Indecency Crackdown Risks Crossing Center Line into Oncoming First Amendment Showdown

First Amendment Law Letter [Spring 2004]

In this issue:

• When Do "Experience and Logic" Matter Under the First Amendment? Federal Government Challenges Traditional Public Disclosure Principles in War on Terror
• HIPAA and Newsgathering: Basic Tips for Reporters and Editors
• Cable Networks and the FCC'S Political Broadcasting Rules: Time for Clarification

2003

First Amendment Law Letter [Winter 2004]

In this issue:

• Kid Gloves: Interviewing and Reporting On Minors
• California Supreme Court Affirms Expansive Reading of Anti-SLAPP Statute

2002

First Amendment Law Letter [Summer 2002]

In this issue:

• California's "Creeping Commercial Speech": Kasky Decision Attacks Business Participation in Public Debates
• Navigating the Web of Rules Governing Internet Advertising
• Celebrities Testing Limits of California's Right of Publicity Laws
• Actual Malice and the Commercial Speech Doctrine

First Amendment Law Letter [Winter 2002]

In this issue:

• Media Access to the New Special Tribunals: Lessons Learned From History and the Military Courts
• Notice Requirements Help Journalists Facing Abusive Subpoenas
• Think Twice Before Removing California SLAPP Cases to Federal Court

2001

First Amendment Law Letter [Summer 2001]

In this issue:

• Publications of Recorded Telephone Calls
  Questions Asked - And Left Unanswered - By Bartnicki, Peavy and Boehner
• Government Discrimination Aimed at Individual Journalists or News Organizations

2000

First Amendment Law Letter [Summer 2000]

In this issue:

• FIRST AMENDMENT LAW LETTER Summer 2000
• Complete Advisory Bulletin (477K .pdf)

First Amendment Law Letter [Winter 2000]

In this issue:

• FIRST AMENDMENT LAW LETTER Winter 2000 ­ New Media Edition
• Complete Advisory Bulletin (260K .pdf)

1999

First Amendment Law Letter [Fall 1999]

In this issue:

• The State of State Anti-Slapp Laws
• Online Service Provider Liability Under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act
• California Supreme Court Confirms Constitutional Right of Access to Civil Proceedings
  

First Amendment Law Letter [Winter 1999]

In this issue:

• Bordering on Reality: Can a Work of Fiction Give Rise to a Misappropriation Claim?
• Redefining Privacy in California? The "Anti-Paparazzi" Legislation
• Sex on the Net: Recent Cases Addressing Criminal Liability for Internet Providers

First Amendment Law Letter [Fall 1998]

In this issue:

• A New School of Art Criticism: Child Pornography Prosecution
• When Is a Petition Not a Petition? "Sham" Liability for Pursuing Anticompetitive Government Action
• It's a Small World After All: Emerging Protections for the U.S. Media Sued in England

First Amendment Law Letter [Fall 1998]

In this issue:

• As the European Database Directive Pressures American Lawmakers, Will the Privacy Tail Wag the First Amendment Dog?
• Now You See It, Now You Don't: Free Air Time for Political Candidates?
• The Telecommunications Act Under Siege