srmetcalf@hhlaw.com
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Slade
R.
Metcalf
Partner, New York
Slade Metcalf handles litigation and general consultation for a variety of media entities. He focuses his practice on issues involving libel, invasion of privacy, copyright, and trademark law and regularly represents newspapers, magazines, book publishers, television and radio stations, motion picture studios, and authors.
An active speaker and writer on media law topics, Slade is the author of a legal treatise titled Rights and Liabilities of Publishers, Broadcasters and Reporters, which is updated annually and has been a leading media law resource book since 1981. He is a former Chairman of the Legal Affairs Committee of the Magazine Publishers of America, Inc., and has participated in numerous bar association committees regarding media, communications, art, copyright, and literary property. Slade has lectured extensively on media law at forums, including conferences of the Practicing Law Institute, the Magazine Publishers of America, Inc., the American Society of Magazine Editors, and the International Trademark Association.
REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE
Representation of a major daily newspaper on many libel, invasion of privacy, and copyright suits.
Representation of a television cable news channel in a libel trial brought by a university professor.
Representation of a top entertainment magazine in a copyright suit based on the use of a still photograph in the magazine.
Representation of a motion picture studio in a copyright and unfair competition case based on the alleged infringement of a prior book.
Representation of a major book publisher and its authors, who are well known sports figures, in a libel suit brought by a former trainer at a major state university.
Hogan & Hartson Publications
01.14.2010
"Media & Communications Briefing: Issue 5." Media & Communications Briefing, Hogan & Hartson LLP
October 2009
"Media & Communications Briefing: Issue 4." Media & Communications Briefing, Hogan & Hartson LLP
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