3-Hour Program

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Overview

Why you should attend

No judicial decision has been more influential in defining the “central meaning of the First Amendment” than Justice William J. Brennan, Jr.’s opinion for the United States Supreme Court in New York Times Co. v. Sullivan. In the fifty years since it was decided, Sullivan has transformed both our national understanding of the “freedom of speech or of the press” and the litigation of claims for defamation, invasion of privacy and related torts. To commemorate the 50th anniversary of what one prominent scholar famously deemed “an occasion for dancing in the streets,” PLI has assembled the leading practitioners, scholars, authors and experts on the case to discuss its ongoing significance and impact on our law.

What you will learn

  • Featured Speaker: Dean Baquet, Pulitzer Prize winner and Managing Editor of the New York Times
  • What did the Supreme Court accomplish in Sullivan and why?
  • How has the case transformed our conception of the First Amendment?
  • How has it and its progeny revolutionized the litigation of defamation cases?
  • What is its ongoing relevance in a digital world?

Who should attend

Firm attorneys, in-house counsel and allied professionals who practice in the fields of media and First Amendment law.

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