On November 10, 2022, partner Tom Hentoff spoke at the Practising Law Institute’s 2022 program on Communications Law in the Digital Age. Titled “Defamation and Related Claims,” Tom’s panel discussed legal trends from recent high profile cases, lessons learned from those cases, developments relating to modern libel tourism and choice of law, and plaintiffs’ use of damage claims to evade discovery.
Tom serves as co-chair of Williams & Connolly’s Trademark and Copyright and First Amendment and Media practice groups. His practice is concentrated in intellectual property disputes, First Amendment and media law, and complex civil litigation. Tom has represented clients in a wide variety of copyright, trademark, trade secret, defamation, privacy, false-advertising, and class action litigation and counseling matters.
Click here to read more about PLI’s Communications Law in the Digital Age 2022 Program.