Practice Areas & Industries: Graham & Dunn PC

Practice/Industry Group Overview

Media companies are high-profile businesses that often draw lawsuits, sometimes due to their enhanced visibility or the nature of the industry in which they operate. Graham & Dunn's litigators have been involved in representing media clients in such diverse cases as defamation and invasion of privacy lawsuits, litigation involving noncompete provisions in employment contracts, and disputes over broadcasting rights for sporting events.

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Specific cases handled include the following examples:

• Representation of a television station in two separate lawsuits for defamation and invasion of privacy stemming from materials broadcast about missing children kidnapped by their non-custodial parents.
• Representation of a newspaper in a defamation case involving research published about the travel industry.
• Representation of a radio station in connection with its successful bid to retain disputed broadcast rights for a professional sports team.

In addition to handling lawsuits, Graham & Dunn's communications lawyers stress litigation prevention through:

• Conducting client training for reporters and other staff on a full range of communications law issues, with emphasis on practical solutions to problems involving access to documents, public meetings and courtrooms, defamation, trespass, invasion of privacy, copyright, and confidential sources; and
• Advance review of potentially troublesome stories, editorials, and advertisements to minimize risk to the extent required by the decision-maker.