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Ballard Spahr’s Media and Entertainment Law practice is led by Charles D. Tobin. In New York, the team includes Senior Counsel David Schulz, Partners Tom Sullivan Jacquelyn Schell and Joe Slaughter, as well as Of Counsel Lynn Oberlander. Together, the team represents media clients in New York and across the nation in defamation, invasion of privacy, access, intellectual property, and other content-related matters.
This unparalleled group of attorneys has played a leading role in many of the most significant Media and First Amendment cases in recent years. Collectively, the group has hundreds of years of experience advising broadcasters, cable television and Internet companies, journalists, advertisers, authors and individuals on an array of media law, First Amendment, and speech-related issues. We represent clients facing defamation, invasion of privacy and related content-based claims. We work with clients both large and small, from international news organizations and multinational corporations to local newspapers and television stations, freelance journalists and individuals. We have expertise in both traditional and new media, including counseling clients before publication to avoid the risks of libel, privacy and other content-based claims, such as copyright and trademark.
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Ballard Spahr LLP represented The New York Times and editor James Bennet in a defamation suit brought by former Alaska governor, Sarah Palin.
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Ballard Spahr is practical and efficient with a very good grasp of the media space. The team understands the industry and culture.
I trust the teams' instincts on everything we do in figuring out risk.
Ballard Spahr is practical and efficient with a very good grasp of the media space. The team understands the industry and culture.
I trust the teams' instincts on everything we do in figuring out risk.
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Jacquelyn Schell has a burgeoning practice in media and First Amendment law. She frequently defends media companies in defamation claims and is also adept at intellectual property and privacy claims.
Jacquelyn is great on her feet, which is very important in dealing with intense adversaries.
Lynn draws on her in-house experience very effectively.
Lynn is always very responsive and on top of everything. She has so much experience.
Tom is a technically proficient and pragmatic attorney.
He leaves no stone unturned.
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Jacquelyn Schell
Joseph Slaughter
Lynn Oberlander