Media Law

News

January 1, 2020

Preti Flaherty Attorney Benjamin S. Piper Promoted to Partner More

January 23, 2019

First Circuit Rules Public Has Right to Names and Home Addresses of Jurors More

January 15, 2019

Sigmund Schutz Invited to Participate in National Center for State Court Focus Group More

January 14, 2019

Preti Flaherty Attorney Sigmund Schutz Authors Maine Chapters in Reporters Committee For Freedom of the Press Legal Guides More

January 1, 2019

Preti Flaherty Announces Promotion of Two Attorneys to Partner, Three to Director More

Press Coverage

February 9, 2020

Maine State Police May Be Spying on You

Portland Press Herald

December 4, 2019

Bangor superintendent blocked BDN reporter on Twitter after critical news coverage

Bangor Daily News

January 7, 2019

Taxpayer cost of LePage’s stay at Trump hotel to finally be released?

Portland Press Herald

October 26, 2018

Judge: Maine AG Erred in Subpoena to Newspaper for Video Interview of Admitted Killer

CentralMaine.com

October 5, 2017

Court records going digital, but possibly not for public access

Portland Press Herald

Firm Highlights

Open Courts Compendium: First Circuit

Sigmund D. Schutz was invited by the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press to author the First Circuit chapter in the Open Courts Compendium . The Open Courts Compendium is a general guide to court access issues, with...

Bangor superintendent blocked BDN reporter on Twitter after critical news coverage

In an apparent violation of the First Amendment, Bangor schools superintendent Betsy Webb temporarily blocked a journalist on Twitter following a report that news of a student suicide was announced over the loudspeaker at...

Preti Flaherty Attorney Benjamin S. Piper Promoted to Partner

Preti Flaherty is pleased to announce that the firm’s partnership has named attorney Benjamin S. Piper as a partner. Ben is a member of the firm's Environmental, Litigation, and Media Law Practice Groups and works...

Maine State Police May Be Spying on You

Police and governments are increasingly turning to new tracking and monitoring methods in their efforts to prevent and record evidence of crimes. A Portland Press Herald investigation examines these expanding law enforcement abilities and the...