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DWTmedia | Davis Wright Tremaine LLP Lawyers who are keeping you updated on legal developments in communications, media & technology.

We're a large group of lawyers with decades of experience in the areas of media, music and entertainment, communications, information technology and intellectual property. We represent clients across all media platforms, from traditional print media to nascent and emerging digital technologies. Our firm, Davis Wright Tremaine, remains a national leader ready to address all the legal issues in thes

e areas. We have received a No. 1 ranking in Media Law and First Amendment from Best Lawyers in America, and our nationwide media group has received an Award for Excellence from Chambers USA. Davis Wright helps clients stay ahead of trends and guides them through the evolving legal landscape by providing top-level counseling, regulatory, business and litigation services for international, national and regional clients.

"In the past year, Davis Wright copyright litigators have secured major wins in courtrooms around the country for divers...
11/07/2021

"In the past year, Davis Wright copyright litigators have secured major wins in courtrooms around the country for diverse clients, including Showtime, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Apple TV+, Macmillan Publishing Group, recording artist The Weeknd, and global entertainment producer Endemol Shine UK. . . . The group advises leading broadband, telecom, and video providers on every aspect of their operations."

Contact: Mark Fefer, Marketing Communications, 206.757.8583 or [email protected] NOV. 5, 2021 - Davis Wright Tremaine's national leadership in the areas of communications, media, and IP has been recognized again by Best Lawyers and U.S. News, which this week named Davis Wright Tremaine "Law...

We're suing the NYPD.
08/05/2021

We're suing the NYPD.

Contact: Mark Fefer, Marketing Communications, 206.757.8583 or [email protected] AUG. 5, 2021 – In response to the beatings, arrests, and harassment they experienced while covering last summer's racial justice protests, five prominent news photographers today...

Dersh has sued Netflix.
08/05/2021

Dersh has sued Netflix.

Netflix and the makers of a 2020 documentary miniseries about serial s*x offender Jeffrey Epstein launched counterclaims against Alan Dershowitz's defamation suit in Florida federal court Monday, saying the Harvard Law School professor's suit is "designed to chill speech on an issue of public intere...

We were pleased to represent Showtime and Sacha Baron Cohen in this critical case and delighted with the result! Congrat...
07/14/2021

We were pleased to represent Showtime and Sacha Baron Cohen in this critical case and delighted with the result!

Congrats to the successful DWT defense team of Liz McNamara, Rachel Strom, Eric Feder, and Carl Mazurek.

Sacha Baron Cohen continues to prove he’s a legal legend. On Tuesday, the comedian defeated yet another lawsuit from someone he duped. The newest someone is Roy Moore, the former Alabama Supr…

“Microsoft, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, and the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press are joining forces to develo...
06/17/2021

“Microsoft, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, and the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press are joining forces to develop a national pro bono media law network to support local journalists.”

Microsoft, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, and the Reporters Committee team up to provide legal help to local journalists

It's Sedition Act Groundhog Day again.
03/26/2021

It's Sedition Act Groundhog Day again.

Given Judge Silberman's bold dissent, I invited Bruce E.H. Johnson, a noted First Amendment lawyer and partner at Davis Wright Tremaine, to respond.

“Misinformation has entered its industrial era. It has always existed, but now it is girded by structures, moves via cle...
03/15/2021

“Misinformation has entered its industrial era. It has always existed, but now it is girded by structures, moves via clear pathways, and can be redirected at new targets. It is no longer the province of conspiracist novitiates and social-media amateurs. . . . The dynamic is predictable, but seemingly unpreventable.”

In 2020, false propaganda about voting came almost exclusively from the right, putting tech companies in a bind.

Big win on behalf of millions of TikTok users:
11/13/2020

Big win on behalf of millions of TikTok users:

Contact: Mark Fefer, Marketing Communications, 206.757.8583 or [email protected] NOV. 12, 2020 – A Trump Administration ban on TikTok was scheduled to take effect today. Instead, some 80 million users are still freely exercising their speech rights on the video app, thanks to the work of A...

“If military and law enforcement personnel can engage around the world without attacking journalists, the Federal Defend...
08/21/2020

“If military and law enforcement personnel can engage around the world without attacking journalists, the Federal Defendants can respect Plaintiffs’ First Amendment rights in Portland, Oregon.” -- US District Judge Michael Simon

A judge has issued new restrictions on federal law enforcement deployed to Portland, in an order barring federal officers from assaulting journalists and legal observers and requiring they wear unique numbers so they can be easily identified at a distance.

Important amicus brief filed in Portland yesterday by the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and 16 Oregon med...
08/06/2020

Important amicus brief filed in Portland yesterday by the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and 16 Oregon media organizations — represented by DWT partner Duane Bosworth:

“The First Amendment bars any system that would require journalists to be licensed — by the government, third party, or otherwise — to gather and report the news. Such a system would constitute both an unconstitutional prior restraint and an unacceptable impediment to the public’s right to know.”

The First Amendment bars any system that would require journalists to be licensed to gather and report the news.

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