On August 29, 2017, U.S. District Court Judge for the Southern District of New York, Jed S. Rakoff, dismissed Sarah Palin's defamation lawsuit against The New York Times. The case was filed in June 2017. Judge Rakoff stated that Ms. Palin's complaint failed to show that a mistake in an editorial was made maliciously.

The Federal Trade Commission has found new ways to impose substantial monetary penalties on companies despite a 2021 Supreme Court ruling that eliminated its primary enforcement tool. Two recent settlements totaling over $5 million demonstrate how the agency is leveraging alternative provisions of the FTC Act to pursue civil penalties for consumer protection violations, particularly those involving deceptive marketing practices and fake reviews.

In 2022, U.S. schools saw an unprecedented rise in attempts to ban books. According to PEN America, 1,648 titles were banned in the United States during the 2021-2022 school year.

A dispute panel of the World Trade Organization ruled in favor of the tiny Caribbean nation of Antigua and Barbuda on the complaint that the Caribbean nation brought against the United States. The complaint alleged that U.S. laws prohibiting Internet gambling violated U.S. obligations under the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS).

On February 19, 2016, President Xi Jingping toured China's central media in Beijing, visiting the headquarters of the People's Daily, Xinhua News Agency and CCTV.

On March 16, 2026, the Delaware Court of Chancery issued a significant post-trial opinion in Fortis Advisors, LLC v. Krafton, Inc.1 The case arose from Krafton, Inc.’s (the “Buyer”)///

February saw continued fallout from the deceptive practices of online "data brokers," strong action by the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC" or "Commission") Enforcement Bureau, and developments affecting cable television, broadcasting and other segments of the communications industry. All of those events are covered in this February issue of our Bulletin, along with the usual list of deadlines for your calendar.

When a legal research startup trained its AI on lawyer memos derived from Westlaw's editorial summaries, it sparked a landmark copyright case that exposes how artificial intelligence extracts not just content, but the accumulated judgment and authority publishers spent decades building. As Google referral traffic plummets and AI-generated content farms proliferate, the question shifts from "was a copy made?" to "was the expert ever hired?"

As September drew to a close, a number of sources reported that Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin’s nomination for a second term was on hold over policy differences with one or more Senators. If the hold is not lifted before this Congress bows out on at the end of October, Martin still can serve until late 2007 without renomination. Persistent rumors also are circulating that the Commission will approve the proposed merger between AT&T and BellSouth without conditions on O

In an opinion by Judge Leval, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has upheld Google's digitization program of full text copying of books.

Legal issues for self publishing authors often bring unexpected problems amidst the creative freedom that makes self-publishing so appealing.

The Indian advertising market has been subject to consistent and strong growth for some time, and this has been assisted by the adoption of technology and the massive growth in smart devices ...

Predictions for the success of e-books abounded when the technology first appeared in the late 1990s.

In this issue: Follow up on the Reform on the Segmented Share Structure of the PRC; Employee Share Plans for Listed Companies; New Venture Capital Measures Reflect Policy to Cultivate Onshore Venture Capital Industry; Notarization Law of the People's Republic of China; Other Recent Developments.

If you are a Star Trek fan, the name Axanar has almost certainly crossed your lips or your computer screen recently.

In this issue: The Month in Brief, Hold Placed on Nomination of Telecom Lawyer Robert McDowell to the FCC Following Endorsement by the Senate Commerce Committee, Congress Continues to Mull Data Broker Bills, AT&T-BellSouth Merger Announced, Video Competition Developments, Broadcast Developments, Legislative Developments, State Activities, Upcoming Deadlines for Your Calendar.

In Washington, the dawning year wears a gray and dispirited aspect. The Federal Communications Commission faces 2006 with two new commissioners, but no relief from its Republican-Democratic split in sight. The telecommunications industry, after a frantic round of consolidations, opens its first year in decades without the old MCI and AT&T astride the vanished interexchange telephone service marketplace. In the meantime, technology and the smart money continue to move in the direction of broadban