Telling It All: A Legal Guide to the Exercise of Free Speech
TELLING IT ALL A LEGAL GUIDE TO THE EXERCISE OF FREE SPEECHSince the triumphant days of All The President"s Men, investigative reporting, and the public activism that it fuels, have been marked by an aggressiveness that is not without legal risks. Suits for libel and invasion of privacy, threats of jail for protecting sources, claims of copyright violations, and charges of trespass all loom over writers and speakers who dare to tell the truth.Now a well-known media attorney who speaks in plain English offers an eminently practical guide to speaking safely. Telling It All: A Legal Guide to The Exercise of Free Speech, is a concise and easily understood handbook for all who write or speak for an audience.Author Hal Fuson, general counsel for Copley Newspapers, shows how to avoid the pitfalls of free expression and slash through the barriers that shield incompetence and misconduct from public attention. His accessible and irreverent insights on the political process and the role of lawyers help to make free speech a protected right for all, not just those who can afford world-class law firms.