Media & Entertainment

About

Provided by Ballard Spahr LLP

Ballard Spahr’s Media and Entertainment Practice Group has the most wide-ranging and far-reaching First Amendment and media law practice in the United States. Our lawyers have played a leading role in many of the most significant Media and First Amendment cases in recent years. Collectively, we have hundreds of years of experience advising and representing content providers of all types and sizes – from international television broadcasters to start-up websites and from the nation’s leading newspapers to small book publishers and everything in between. 

Our attorneys regularly defend local, national, and international media companies in an array of content-related matters, including defamation, privacy, intellectual property, and newsgathering litigation. We also routinely counsel media clients before broadcast and publication to avoid the risks of libel, privacy, and intellectual property claims, and to assist them in their news and information gathering. In addition, we help clients secure access to public records, court documents, and government proceedings. And, we represent content providers in responding to civil and criminal subpoenas that seek information related to newsgathering, confidential sources, and anonymous online speech.