Holland & Knight Media Team

MEDIA TEAM

Holland & Knight’s Media Practice Team aggressively defends clients’ First Amendment rights across all platforms, throughout the United States and abroad.

We proactively enable news companies to push their content while helping them identify and avoid potential problems and costly litigation.

CALL ON US TO HANDLE:

Newsgathering

Transactional, Regulatory & Telecom

· Defamation/privacy defense

· Freedom of information at municipal, state and federal levels

· Access to judicial records/proceedings

· Quashing subpoenas issued to journalists/Internet hosts

· Sales and acquisitions

· FCC compliance issues

· Broadcasting contracts

· Afﬁliation agreements

· Tower-lease agreements

Intellectual Property & the Internet

· Copyright/trademark issues

· Domain name disputes

· Contracts for web hosting, website development, linking and licensing

· Newsroom copyright compliance programs

Commercial & Contracting

· Programming agreements

· Talent contracts

· Advertising agreements

· Contest/sweepstakes advice

Related Practice & Industry Support

· Labor and employment

· Litigation

· Bilingual representation

· Tax planning

· Public policy and regulation

· Data security

Legal issues in media break at a moment’s notice. You need attorneys who know your business and can immediately respond to a crisis.

YOUR INTERESTS ARE PROTECTED

Our dedicated team of First Amendment advocates has long represented the industry’s leading broadcasters, publishers and internet companies. We have experience in every type of litigation involving the media, including:

Defamation/ Privacy Defense

Copyright/Trademark Infringement

Licensing, Carriage and Distribution

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Requests

Pre-publication/ broadcast Review TM

Quashing Subpoenas Issued to Journalists

We have helped the U.S. news media launch drone journalism by:

Establishing the first News Media Coalition to develop newsroom Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS)

Conducting the first-ever, federally approved drone testing program for journalists

Working with Congress and the FAA to shore up support for use of UAS for newsgathering