Communications & Media Law

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ESPN Minimizes Losses In Dish Network Suit

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Dish Network LLC f/k/a Echostar Satellite LLC v. ESPN, Inc. and ESPN Classic Inc.: Dish Network sought $152 million from Bristol-based ESPN in a dispute alleging that the sports network gave competitors better rates than they gave the satellite television provider.

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Vazquez v. Buhl

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A provider of interactive computer services may be entitled to immunity for defamatory statements, if the statements are provided by another information content provider.

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Teaching Moments

While major law firms still focus on racking up billable hours, they have increasingly gone into the teaching business. Attorneys in all sorts of practice areas are making greater use of seminars - and their high-tech cousins, webinars - as marketing tools to attract new business and to keep current clients educated on the latest developments.