Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section

MEDIA, PRIVACY, AND DEFAMATION LAW COMMITTEE

The Media, Privacy, and Defamation Law Committee concentrates on the law of and insurance coverage for media law issues, privacy law developments, and defamation law concerns. Our topics are wide-ranging within these spheres, including insurance coverage for controversial news reporting, invasion of publicity rights, unbiased press coverage, reducing liability exposure, freedom-of-information litigation, identity theft, maintaining a positive relationship with an insurance carrier, public access to court hearings, and a plethora of other subjects.

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    • An important part of maintaining any great committee and/or organization is its membership. The best way a committee can increase and improve its membership is through its members. Attached please find the ABA/TIPS Media, Privacy and Defamation Law Committee flyer that contains important information on upcoming events and information on how you can get more involved in the Committee. Please take a moment to review this flyer to find out what the Media, Privacy and Defamation Law Committee offers. Then email or send a printed out version of this flyer to others you think might also be interested in becoming part of the Committee. The more involved you or anyone else you recruit to the Committee become, the better the Committee will be. Click here for the Media Committee Involvement Letter

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For enrollment in a committee of the Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section, simply fill out the on-line committee application form.

Please note:  If you are already a Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section member, you may join up to three (3) committees at no additional cost. However, if you are not a Section member, you must join the Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section first.

If you have any questions regarding participation in TIPS Committees, please contact Sonia Schroeder, our Committees Administrator at schroeders@staff.abanet.org or by phone at 312/988-6229.