MLRC 50-State Survey: Employment Libel & Privacy Law 2012

by The Media Law Resource Center, Inc.

• ISBN13: 9780199915385
• ISBN10: 0199915385
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-03-09
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Updated and published annually, the Media Law Resource Center and Oxford University Press have partnered to produce valuable, easy-to-use50-State Surveycompendiums of the law in all U.S. jurisdictions, state and federal, that are used by journalists, lawyers and judges, and law schools nationwide. Each state's chapter, prepared by experts in that jurisdiction, is presented in a uniform outline format. Topics covered inEmployment Libel and Privacy Law 2012include: Publication, Compelled Self-Publication, Fault Standards, Damages, Recurring Fact Patterns, Privileges and Defenses, Procedural Issues, Employer Testing of Employees, Searches, Monitoring of Employees, Activities Outside the Workplace, Records, Negligent Hiring, Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress, Interference with Economic Advantage, and Prima Facie Tort.

Author Biography

The Media Law Resource Center is a non-profit information clearinghouse originally organized by a number of media organizations to monitor developments and promote First Amendment rights in the libel, privacy and related legal fields. Founded in 1980, it has approximately 100 media companies in its membership ranks and over 150 law firms.