Media & Entertainment Law

My Powerpoint on Russian Courts and Media
It was a year ago tomorrow that I left for my trip to Russia. A year later, the trip stands out as one of the most memorable events of my life. After I returned, I gave a presentation in Boston on Russian courts and the news media...

Russia president opposes media libel law amendment
[JURIST] Russian President Dmitry Medvedev [official profile] Monday encouraged the Russian parliament to reject a bill that would allow officials to close media outlets suspected of spreading libel or slander...

Russia ombudsman says president-elect must stand by law, freedoms
[JURIST] The Russian human rights ombudsman [backgrounder] said Tuesday that Russian President-elect Dmitry Medvedev [campaign website, in Russian; BBC profile] has to honor his declared respect for Russian law and freedoms so that Russian courts and police will follow suit...

Top Russia provincial judge killed by gunmen in Ingushetia
[JURIST] Khasan Yandiyev, deputy head of the Supreme Court in Russia's Ingushetia province [official website, in Russian; BBC backgrounder] was shot dead Sunday while changing a car tire near the town of Karabulak, according to a regional interior ministry spokesman quoted by Russian media...

Russia court rules smuggling charges against ex-NGO head unconstitutional
[JURIST] The Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation [official website, in Russian] ruled Tuesday that the law under which the former head of media advocacy NGO Educated Media Foundation (EMF) was charged in 2007 was unconstitutionally vague [press release], requiring that smuggling charges against her be dropped...

Russia president vows to rid courts of corruption
[JURIST] Russian President Dmitry Medvedev [official profile] promised Tuesday to take steps to tackle corruption and intimidation in the Russian judicial system, calling for reforms to better train and support judges and to preserve the rule of law...

Selection of State Supreme Court Judges
How State Court Judges are Selected

Marketing Spam
Member Source Media pays $200,000 civil penalty for deceptive online advertising.

Nielsen Media Challenged
TV ratings company to pay undisclosed settlement in antitrust lawsuit.

Media/Telecom
consumer rights involving print, radio, television, video, DVD, video games, and mobile telephones.

Wireless Entertainment
Kangaroo Media pays Immersion Entertainment $2 million patent infringement settlement.