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Covington provides its clients with sophisticated, news-oriented and cost-effective First Amendment advice in a wide array of areas. We provide pre-publication review, newsgathering and subpoena advice on a 24/7/365 basis with a dedicated team of media lawyers, as well as libel and privacy defense work and strategic First Amendment litigation.
Our First Amendment team includes former federal prosecutors and others who can litigate and negotiate favorable results with litigants and the government who may be seeking our clients’ testimony and work product. We also have unique access to partners in the firm who have unparalleled expertise in representing clients in matters involving classified information and defending against Espionage Act prosecutions. Finally, our international offices and our global web of national counsel permit us to provide international newsgathering advice on a time-sensitive and efficient basis.
Representative Matters
- We represent the Newspaper Association of America, and an 80-member media coalition, in spearheading federal legislation to establish a journalists’ privilege. We have worked closely with proponents of legislation and with Congress to suggest creative solutions to protecting the integrity of the journalistic enterprise while taking into account legitimate law enforcement and anti-terrorism concerns.
- We provide pre-publication review, newsgathering and subpoena defense work for television clients in some 25 states on a 24/7/365 basis. To ensure that our team is fully available to journalists around the clock, we have established technical solutions so that scripts, video clips and documents are distributed electronically to all members of our team simultaneously. This permits our lawyers to respond quickly and effectively to our clients’ needs.
- We represented Raycom Media’s CBS-affiliated station in Cleveland in opposing a newsgathering restriction imposed by the mayor of the City of Cleveland. Within 24 hours of the imposition of a ban on contacts to our clients’ journalists, we had begun preparation of an injunction action. Following initial hearings, we negotiated a resolution that resulted in full reinstitution of access for our client.
- We have represented Pulitzer-prize winning author Ron Suskind in connection with his investigative work on the war on terror and in particular, with his most recent bestselling work, The One Percent Doctrine.
Accolades
- Chambers USA, leading Media and Entertainment practice (2006-2007).
- A Covington partner has recently served as president of the Defense Council Section of the Media Law Resource Center, the national organization of media defense attorneys, and as president of the First Amendment Advisory Council of the Media Institute.
- Best Lawyers in America, Covington partners are listed for First Amendment and Media law (2006).
- A Covington partner received the Sprague Award and the President’s Medal from the National Press Photographers Association for service to the First Amendment.
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