Archive for Texas
Moody v. NetChoice, LLC
The Court considered whether the Florida and Texas state laws regulating large internet platforms violated the First Amendment. In a 9-0 decision the judgments of ... Read More
Supreme Court Remands Cases; Sidesteps First Amendment Question in Texas and Florida Social Media Laws Case
On July 1st, the Supreme Court vacated the lower court rulings in the cases of Moody v. Paxton and NetChoice v. Paxton over challenges brought ... Read More
News/Media Alliance Joins Brief Defending First Amendment Editorial Rights of Documentarians
On March 14, 2024, the Alliance joined several groups as additional amici curiae to an amicus brief in Netflix v. Barina, filed in the Texas ... Read More
Alliance Joins Coalition Brief in Challenging Texas Drone Regulations
On November 27, the Alliance joined a brief in National Press Photographers Association v. McCraw in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth ... Read More
Clock Runs Out on Texas Bills Threatening Anti-SLAPP Protections
After months of advocacy from a coalition of groups in Texas and nationally, including the News/Media Alliance, the Texas legislative session ended on May 29 ... Read More
Alliance Weighs in on Texas Bills Threatening Anti-SLAPP Protections
The Alliance supports safeguarding anti-SLAPP laws that provide critical protections to journalists and news publishers against meritless lawsuits ... Read More
Judge Overturns Texas Drone Law
On March 29, Judge Robert Pitman for the District Court in the Western District of Texas, Austin Division overturned a restrictive Texas drone law ... Read More
Statement: Ad Tech Antitrust Lawsuit Against Google Should Stay in Texas
Today, the News Media Alliance submitted a Declaration with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas to strongly advocate to keep the ... Read More
How Two Texas News Outlets Are Taking Collaboration to the Next Level
“Collaboration” has become a buzzword in journalism in 2020, but the Dallas Morning News and Texas Metro News were thinking about how they could partner ... Read More
