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Gorsuch Filibuster? This Might Be the Best Reason for Dems to Oppose Him
By Susan Seager | March 23, 2017 @ 6:25 PM

How one of his rulings empowers religious bigots to discriminate
Is There a First Amendment Right to Hire ‘Buxom’ Weather Reporters?
By Susan Seager | March 17, 2017 @ 10:50 AM

In a debate that ranges from local newscasts to “The Bachelor,” networks are using the First Amendment to justify hiring decisions
Lawyer Posts Free Porn Online, Blackmails Viewers for $6 Million
By Susan Seager | March 9, 2017 @ 1:39 PM

How John L. Steele made porn, gave it away, and made a fortune from porn downloaders afraid of being exposed
‘Romeo Killer’ Case Is Bad News for Projects Based on a True Story
By Susan Seager | March 7, 2017 @ 2:32 PM

A case involving a Lifetime movie about Chris Porco, whom the network dubbed “the Romeo Killer,” raises troubling legal questions about adopting true stories
‘See You in Court': These Legal Issues Could Kill Trump’s New Travel Ban
By Susan Seager | March 6, 2017 @ 10:22 AM

One of Trump’s biggest challenges? His own public statements
Hollywood’s Dirty Little Secret to Beat Defamation Lawsuits: Statute Designed for Underdogs
By Susan Seager | March 3, 2017 @ 2:07 PM

A recent win for Marlon Wayans is the latest sign that a California law meant for small-town citizen activists has been seized by giant media conglomerates to squelch suits
Too Many Liberal Profs? Lawmakers Want Equal Split of Democratic and Republican Professors
By Susan Seager | March 2, 2017 @ 11:41 AM

Iowa and North Carolina cases raise questions about making professors state their political allegiance

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Susan Seager

Susan Seager is a Los Angeles First Amendment attorney, an adjunct professor teaching media law and intellectual property at the University of Southern California, and columnist for Dan Abrams’ Law Newz. Before starting her own private practice, she was a vice president in the litigation department of Fox Entertainment Group in Century City, where she oversaw litigation involving Fox Television Stations, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp., and National Geographic. Her areas of practice include defamation, privacy, right of publicity, copyright, reporter subpoenas, and SLAPP litigation. Before working for Fox, she worked as an attorney for Davis Wright Tremaine in Los Angeles. One of her recent articles for the American Bar Association Communications Lawyer was “Donald Trump is a Libel Bully but also a Libel Loser.”