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Media & Entertainment: First Amendment Litigation - New York

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What the Team is Known For

Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP enjoys an outstanding reputation in the First Amendment space, with a long history of appearances in era-defining free speech battles. It offers excellent strengths in libel and defamation cases, and has been notably active in First Amendment challenges to regulations limiting commercial speech. Its clients include major news organizations, media companies and publishers. The firm leverages the strengths of its appellate law practice to offer experience before a range of state and federal courts of appeal.

Work Highlights

  • Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP represented The New York Times and two of its reporters, Maggie Astor and Tiffany Hsu, against a defamation action pending in New York Supreme Court.

Notable Practitioners

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Floyd Abrams
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Floyd Abrams
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Senior Statespeople
Floyd Abrams continues to be regarded as a leader in the space. He has a wealth of experience handling free speech issues on behalf of news organizations and other businesses.
Joel Kurtzberg
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Joel Kurtzberg
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Joel Kurtzberg's practice covers a broad spectrum of First Amendment matters, with notable expertise in defamation and reporters' privilege cases. He also frequently handles disputes involving commercial speech.
Landis C. Best
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Landis C. Best
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Landis Best's First Amendment practice revolves around litigation for major media companies.

Landis is an exceptional thinker and communicator.

Ranked Lawyers at
Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP

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Media & Entertainment: First Amendment Litigation

Floyd Abrams
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Floyd Abrams
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Senior Statespeople
Joel Kurtzberg
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Joel Kurtzberg
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Landis C. Best
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Landis C. Best
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