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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 acted as lead counsel for Penguin Random House and PEN America Center in a constitutional challenge to the removals and restrictions of books by the Escambia County School Board in Florida.
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The team at Ballard provides top notch First Amendment counsel with significant subject matter expertise.
The team at Ballard provides top notch First Amendment counsel with significant subject matter expertise.
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Thomas is an excellent attorney.

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.
She is a fantastic, reliable partner that I trust deeply to provide legal counsel and guidance.

Lynn's thoroughness and written communication is very clear and thoughtful.
Lynn gives great, practical, concise advice that is easy to share with the business directly.



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Jacquelyn Schell
Joseph Slaughter
Lynn Oberlander