Elizabeth A. McNamara

Defending Nexstar and its hosts in connection with defamation claims arising out of commentary on Mr. Combs criminal proceedings and related allegations. (SDNY 2025)

Defamation action against NBCU and Rachel Maddow arising out of reporting on Rep. Nunes' receipt of information from a Russian agent. Claims dismissed in part. Summary judgment motion pending. (SDNY 2025)

Defamation action against NBCU, arising out of Rachel Maddow, Chris Hayes and Nicolle Wallace reporting on a whistleblower complaint concerning unnecessary or unconsented to medical treatments on detained immigrant women in Georgia. Claims dismissed in part. Resolved. (SDGA 2024)

Successfully obtained dismissal of defamation action brought by Rebecca Donner arising out of Der Spiegel's review of Ms. Donner's book All the Frequent Troubles of our Days: The True Story of the American Woman at the Heart of the German Resistance to Hitler. The court dismissed the action for lack of personal jurisdiction over Der Spiegel. Action on appeal to Second Circuit. (SDNY/2nd Circuit 2024)

Obtained permanent injunction and summary judgment, with the Second Circuit affirming the ruling that the Internet Archive's "Controlled Digital Lending" – digitizing copies of books – was copyright infringement. The Court rejected the Internet Archive's fair use defense, finding that the digitization was not transformative and usurped the publishers' market for ebooks. (2d Circuit 2024)