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Sack, Robert David was born on October 4, 1939 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Written by a current U.S. Court of Appeals judge and member of the adjunct faculty of Columbia Law School who practiced media law at the highest level for more than thirty years, Sack on Defamation offers strategic guidance for both plaintiffs and defense attorneys, and fully covers the basic elements of a defamation claim, including: -the types and amounts of damages that can be awarded -the sometimes confusing treatment of libel per se and slander per se invasion of privacy torts -the causes of action for injurious falsehood, intentional infliction of emotional distress, negligent misstatement, and more, and issues of jurisdiction and motion practice. Sack on Defamation pinpoints practical legal issues vital to your clients, helping you understand when truth is not a defense insults and name-calling cross the line into defamation accurate repeating of another s statements can be actionable public disclosure of private facts becomes actionable statements of opinion are not protected and defamatory communications are privileged. It also integrates coverage of Internet and social media issues. This treatise provides practice insight into how to: persuade courts to dismiss complaints or grant summary judgments and how to resist a motion for either use various kinds of evidence to prove actual malice with convincing clarity meet burdens of proof for various claims and win appropriate damages deploy the most effective defenses for different causes of action advise clients on how to disseminate their views without triggering costly lawsuits.
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Sack, Robert David was born on October 4, 1939 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
Bachelor of Arts, University Rochester, 1960; Bachelor of Laws, Columbia University, 1963.
Law clerk to judge, Federal District Court, District of New Jersey, 1963-1964; associate, Patterson, Belknap & Webb, New York City, 1964-1970; partner, Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler, New York City, 1970-1974, 74-86; partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, New York City, 1986-1998; senior associate special counsel, United States House of Representatives Impeachment Inquiry, 1974; judge, United States Court 2nd District Court of Appea circuit), since 1998. Lecturer Practising Law Institute, since 1973. Member of advisory board Media Law Reporter.
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(Written by a current U.S. Court of Appeals judge and memb...)
Chairman board directors National Council on Crime and Delinquency, 1982-1983. Trustee Columbia seminars on media and society Columbia University School Journalism, 1985-1992. Vice-president, director William F. Kerby and Robert S. Potter Fund.
Fellow American Bar Foundation. Member American Bar Association (Board of Governors forum commission on communications law 1980-1988), New York State Bar Association, Association Bar City New York (chairman communications law committee 1986-1989).
Son of Eugene J. and Sylvia I. (Rivlin) S. Divorced; children: Deborah Gail, Suzanne Michelle, David Rivlin. Married Anne K. Hilker, 1989.