MLRC 50-State Survey: Media Privacy and Related Law 2013-14

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MLRC 50-State Survey: Media Privacy and Related Law 2013-14

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- Provides a unique and comprehensive look at Media Privacy Law in all 50 states, the Federal Courts of Appeals, U.S. territories, and Canada
- Prepared by the leading media attorneys and law firms in the U.S.
- Includes the latest, up-to-date developments in privacy and related law
Updated and published annually, the Media Law Resource Center and Oxford University Press have partnered to produce valuable, easy-to-use 50-State Survey compendiums of the law in all U.S. jurisdictions, state and federal, that are used by journalists, lawyers and judges, and law schools nationwide. Each state's chapter, prepared by experts in that jurisdiction, is presented in a uniform outline format.

Topics covered in Media Privacy and Related Law 2013-14 include: False Light, Private Facts, Intrusion, Eavesdropping, Hidden Cameras, Misappropriation, Right of Publicity, Infliction of Emotional Distress, Prima Facie Tort, Injurious Falsehood, Unfair Competition, Conspiracy, Tortious Interference with Contract, Negligent Media Publication, and Relevant Statutes.

Readership: Journalists, lawyers and judges, and law schools nationwide
SURVEY OF [FEDERAL CIRCUIT / STATE] PRIVACY AND RELATED CLAIMS AGAINST THE MEDIA
GENERAL COMMENTS
SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENTS SINCE
I. INVASION OF PRIVACY - GENERAL
II. FALSE LIGHT
III. PUBLICATION OF PRIVATE FACTS
IV. INTRUSION
V. MISAPPROPRIATION/RIGHT OF PUBLICITY
VI. BREACH OF CONTRACT/PROMISSORY ESTOPPEL
VII. CONVERSION
VIII. INTENTIONAL INFLICTION OF EMOTIONAL DISTRESS
IX. PRIMA FACIE TORT
X. NEGLIGENT INFLICTION OF EMOTIONAL DISTRESS
XI. CONSPIRACY
XII. INJURIOUS FALSEHOOD
XIII. INTERFERENCE WITH CONTRACT/PROSPECTIVE ECONOMIC ADVANTAGE
XIV. NEGLIGENT MEDIA PUBLICATION
XV. PRODUCT LIABILITY/STRICT LIABILITY
XVI. OTHER THEORIES OF EDITORIAL CONTENT LIABILITY
XVII. OTHER RELEVANT STATUTES
The Media Law Resource Center is a non-profit information clearinghouse originally organized by a number of media organizations to monitor developments and promote First Amendment rights in the libel, privacy and related legal fields. Founded in 1980, it has approximately 100 media companies in its membership ranks and over 150 law firms.