This is a difficult time for journalists who often face subpoenas and even jail to protect their sources, notes and outtakes.  We defend journalists confronting these situations:

• Filed amici curiae brief in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on behalf of media entities in support of the producer of “America’s Most Wanted”, resisting a subpoena to disclose outtakes.  The Ninth Circuit reversed the district court order requiring disclosure.
  
  
• Represented newspaper reporter who was called as a witness in a criminal trial regarding reporter’s interview of defendant.
  
  
• Handled case regarding the definition of journalists for the purpose of the reporter’s shield.
  
  
• Represented client in famous dispute regarding whether a book author could invoke the reporter’s shield.