We Represent The Media
Preti Flaherty has the largest media practice in northern New England,
representing publishers and broadcasters throughout the region, leading media
trade associations, as well as national media when they are drawn into our legal
system.
Pursuing a vigorously proactive First Amendment practice, we provide
prepublication review, libel and privacy advice, protection of newsgathering and
editorial processes and related services for a range of clients, including some
of the region’s largest and most influential media organizations. Our
attorneys work in tandem with our clients to strategize and prosecute freedom of
information claims against government entities under state and federal open
records and open meetings laws.
As general counsel to leading press associations, we have had great success
effecting favorable changes in the laws and defending against legislation
adverse to the media.
When necessary, we also possess the proven knowledge and experience to secure
our clients’ interests in court, as demonstrated in our widely-reported defense
of Forbes magazine in a $10 million libel suit. We have also obtained
libel defense verdicts in favor of WGME-TV, the Portland Press Herald/Maine
Sunday Telegram, the Maine Times, the Casco Bay Weekly, the Forecaster, Wal
Mart, and others.
We are members of the counsel section of the Media Law Resource Center, and
are co-authors of its widely used 50 State Survey of Media Libel Law in the
United States.
At Preti Flaherty, we know that probing and unfettered newsgathering is
frequently enhanced by sound legal judgment. We work in partnership with
our clients to strengthen their power to gather and disseminate information.
Representative Media Clients
Trade Associations
Maine Daily Newspapers
Association
Maine Freedom of Information Coalition
Maine Press
Association
Newspapers/Magazines
Bridgton News
Brunswick
Times Record
Forbes
The Forecaster
Journal Tribune
Maine Sunday
Telegram
New York Observer
The New York Times Company
Portland Press
Herald
Wiscasset Newspaper
Broadcasters
Pegasus Broadcast Television,
Inc.
Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.
WGBH Educational Foundation
WMTW
Broadcast Group, LLC
Media Insurers
First Media Insurance
Media
Professional Liability Insurance
Employers Reinsurance Co.
