Since 1996, Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act has provided critical protection from most liability for content posted by third parties to websites and other “interactive computer services.” This protection has...more
7/1/2020
/ Communications Decency Act ,
Executive Orders ,
Facebook ,
FCC ,
Free Speech ,
Instagram ,
Section 230 ,
Social Media ,
Trump Administration ,
Twitter ,
YouTube
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, companies are facing a wide array of business challenges, many of which would likely not have been contemplated a few weeks ago. These challenges increasingly include government-ordered...more
Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act provides website operators who post user-generated content with broad immunity from most legal claims arising from that content. It is this broad protection that enables popular...more
Whether you represent sports stars and high-profile entertainers, or hometown doctors, architects, and restaurateurs, you have almost certainly gotten calls in the past several years asking for your help in dealing with...more
6/3/2016
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Defamation ,
Discovery ,
First Amendment ,
Immunity ,
Online Reputation ,
Online Reviews ,
Section 230 ,
Social Media ,
Third-Party ,
User-Generated Content ,
Website Owner Liability ,
Yelp ,
Young Lawyers
The right of journalists to refuse to testify regarding information or sources obtained as part of the news-gathering process, known as the reporter’s privilege, has been recognized by 49 of the 50 states and the District of...more
The North Carolina Court of Appeals recently decided a landmark case for public records law in the state. In that case, the panel of three appellate judges determined that the Automated Criminal/Infraction System (“ACIS”)...more