Privacy Law

Please skim this easy-to-read background piece about the Four Privacy Torts on the First Amendment Center's website: Privacy Overview

 It begins like this:
     “Privacy is the battleground of the future.” — Lee Levine, leading First Amendment attorney
     Perhaps the greatest clash involving freedom speech has been the continuing collision between freedom of the press and the right to privacy. Many First Amendment advocates view this clash as the greatest threat to First Amendment freedoms. The press has been targeted for its intrusive newsgathering techniques and for publishing information about people’s private lives.

Please see accompanying PowerPoint slides on Blackboard marked "Privacy Torts."