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Congrats to Yale Law School Prof Jack Balkin on his Stonecipher Award for Media Law & Policy Research from AEJMC. His "Free Speech Versus the First Amendment" article for UCLA Law Review selected for its "potential . . . lasting impact" on FoE scholarship. bit.ly/4elT1vG

SCOTUS: "Trump too small" not trademarkable; 1st A not violated. bit.ly/4bZPrWA The New York Times' Adam Liptak on Vidal v. Elster (6/13/24). Sotomayor J's criticism of the majority's "history and tradition" rationale detailed. Iancu v Brunetti (2019) & Matal v Tam (2017) noted.

Why ex-MS gov suing Mississippi Today for libel? To chill investigative journalism. nyti.ms/3VryVr7 @MSTodayNews editor Adam Ganucheau's op in The New York Times on Phil Bryant's lawsuit & its potential consequences. Journo privilege, NYT v Sullivan, MS pol v law noted. RECOMMENDED

VIDAL v ELSTER (US, 2024) a "potential danger" to 1st A's actual malice doctrine? Yes. bit.ly/3zjfxFu Eric P. Robinson for SC Press Association on SCOTUS trademark law case ("Trump Too Small"). Thomas & Gorsuch JJ's historical criticisms of AM noted.

SCOTUS: challengers of fed officials' comm w/ SM platform lack standing to sue fed gov. nyti.ms/4eERWiI Adam Liptak on MURTHY v MISSOURI (6/26/24) (Breaking News). SCOTUS ruling in the "jawboning" case "a practical victory" for Biden admin.

SCOTUS remands Internet platform cases. nyti.ms/4eLBq0o The New York Times' Adam Liptak & Abbie VanSickle on Moody v NetChoice & NetChoice v Paxton: 5th & 11th Cir failed in 1st A analysis. Noting The Pruneyard v Robins (1980) & Miami Herald v Tornillo (1974) as SCOTUS precedents.

LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman funding Smartmatic'd libel lawsuit against Fox News & NEWSMAX. bit.ly/4bF7tfL The Washington Post's Jeremy Barr also noting Reid Hoffman's role in E. Jean Carroll v Trump & Peter Thiel's $10M financing in Hulk Hogan v Gawker.

DISINFORMATION, MISINFORMATION, AND DEMOCRACY: Legal Approaches in Comparative Context (Cambridge University Press 2024). bit.ly/3Shf90R Ed Ludovika - University of Public Service's András Koltay & @ @UofMNLawSchool's Charlotte Garden et al. Regional & nat'l law & civil society on dis/misinfo addressed.

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𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗟𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗹 & 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 (2024-2025 ed) published. MLRC's David Heller as new editor. bit.ly/4jhaEi3 S Korea chapter substantially revised by Seungsun Lee (CNU) & Jae-Jin Lee (Hanyang) as primary authors. RECOMMENDED

David Enrich, MURDER THE TRUTH (2025). bit.ly/3Eeqfjg Couldn't be more timely for those wondering about freedom of speech/press under siege in US. Enrich is NYT business investigations editor. "Part III: The Movement" (pp. 139-262) deserves close attention.

My thoughtful BAM classmate's comment on my tweeting: "(I spend some time on your X feed after reading this [Youm's Wikipedia article for "Life Writing across Genres"]. You are a lone island of integrity, Kyu.)" (parentheses in original) bit.ly/428h4sD So nice.

BUYING SILENCE (2025) "[f]ully updated" w/ new ch. on Mohamed Al Fayed and his enablers' abuse of SLAPPs to silence & intimidate critics. bit.ly/3Yde1hI leading UK media lawyer David Hooper's book—the best of its kind. Strongly recommended.

Roy Moore & Michael Murray, MEDIA LAW AND ETHICS (7th ed. 2025). bit.ly/42oLN58 A US media law undergrad textbook. First as chapter contributor on int'l/foreign law & then as co-author, I participated in the book project for a while. Many thanks to Roy & Michael.

First Cir Judge Bruce M. Selya dies. bit.ly/42huWBa My favorite US jurist for years—as a logophile. I've read all his opinions published in MEDIA LAW REPORTER, primarily to find out how often I had to check unabridged English dictionaries. Hoping to read his autobio.

MS ex-Gov Bryant’s libel lawsuit against MISSISSIPPI TODAY dismissed 4/3/05. bit.ly/4i3DXne Madison Cty Cir Ct Judge Mills: "For the reasons set forth in the briefs submitted by Defendants . . . ." MT: "it’s a monumental victory for every single Mississippian."

NYT obit of Robert S. Rifkind, TIME's lawyer in SHARON v. TIME (SDNY 1984). bit.ly/4i2nPlG His "pivotal" role in the unusual libel case noted. Foreign public figures rarely sue American media in US for libel. Then as an ABD, I was fixated on the sensational libel trial.

US Judge: Trump's ban on AP from WH events violates 1st A. bit.ly/43GD944 McFadden J orders Trump admin to “immediately rescind their viewpoint-based denial” of AP from WH events (AP v Budowich, DDC 4/08/25).

David Raban, ACADEMIC FREEDOM: FROM PROFESSIONAL NORM TO FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT (2024) & Yale Law School's Keith Whittington, YOU CAN'T TEACH THAT! THE BATTLE OVER UNIVERSITY CLASSROOMS ( 2024) "could not be more timely." bit.ly/448VxTv David Cole's The New York Review of Books review.

US Judge: false light no different from libel under ICR. bit.ly/3Fk48bK D’Ambrosio v Rajala (ND IL 5/13/25). Harjani J: "[T]he ‘of and concerning’ requirement of the tort of false light invasion of privacy is ‘basically the same as the innocent construction rule[.]"