Jeremy A. Chase

Partner

Jeremy Chase is an experienced litigator with a passion for counseling content creators on complex media, intellectual property, and internet law. Jeremy has successfully litigated cases in both state and federal courts involving defamation, copyright, trademark, right-of-publicity, invasion of privacy, SLAPP, reporters' shield laws, prior restraint, open records statutes, access to courts, and all manner of news-gathering issues. Jeremy represents book, magazine, and newspaper publishers; television networks, radio stations, movie studios, and documentary film companies; and a wide array of Internet content and service providers, including the operators of blogs and other online publications; streaming platforms; and the publishers of news, health, technology, and travel websites. Jeremy also has extensive experience representing colleges and universities in libel and intellectual property related matters.

Jeremy prides himself on understanding his clients' businesses and shapes legal strategies to fit their competitive goals. Adopting a practical strategy through years of working in newsrooms, Jeremy's focus is on shepherding content through the legal process so that truthful, newsworthy, and otherwise important content can reach the public at large.

Practice Highlights

Copyright litigation

Handled dozens of copyright infringement cases for clients such as ABC, Amazon, Bleacher Report, BroadwayHD, CNN, Discovery, Turner, Sony Music, Universal Music, Simon & Schuster, Penguin Random House; authors Gillian Flynn and M.L. Stedman; and the estates of Ernest Hemingway, Jack Kerouac, Truman Capote, and Arthur C. Clarke.

Freedom of information and access litigation

The public has a right to know what its government is doing, and Jeremy regularly aids journalists and documentary film clients in shining a light on those activities through freedom of information requests such as challenging the NYPD's withholding of officer disciplinary records, and access petitions such as the ongoing efforts to gain access to the criminal and civil trials of former President Donald Trump.

Advising startup and early-stage companies

In addition to his litigation practice, Jeremy counsels startup and early-stage companies on a range of legal issues including privacy and security, intellectual property, and general corporate matters. Among his various clients, Jeremy has served as coordinating counsel for a major tour and activity company from its early stages through acquisition, and currently serves as coordinating counsel for a text-to-park SaaS company, an HR/procurement SaaS company, a financial benefits provider, and others.

Reed v. Ryan, et al.

Successfully defended Hachette Book Group, author Shane Ryan, and NYP Holdings (publisher of the New York Post) in libel action brought by professional golfer Patrick Reed, arising out of statements in book and corresponding news article about Reed's collegiate and professional career. Obtained dismissal of the case on various grounds including that the statements were substantially true, constituted non-actionable opinion, and Reed failed to plead the statements were made with actual malice. 2023 WL 6292578 (M.D. Fla. Sept. 27, 2023) (Ongoing)

Nunes v. NBCUniversal Media, Inc.

Defending NBCUniversal in a libel action brought by former Congressman Devin Nunes, arising out of statements made on The Rachel Maddow Show concerning Nunes' receipt of a package of disinformation from sanctioned Ukrainian national, Andrey Derkach. (S.D.N.Y.) (Ongoing)

Nunes v. Cable News Network, Inc.

Successfully defended CNN and anchor Jake Tapper in a libel action brought by former Congressman Devin Nunes, arising out of statements made on CNN Tonight with Jake Tapper, in which Tapper criticized Nunes' and others responses to the home invasion and attack on Paul Pelosi, husband of then-Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. Obtained dismissal on the ground that the Court lacked personal jurisdiction over Tapper and for improper venue as to CNN. 2023 WL 2468646 (M.D. Fla. Mar. 1, 2023)

Monge v. University of Pennsylvania, et al.

Representing the New York Times, New York Post, The New Yorker, Teen Vogue, The Daily Mail, The Guardian, Slate, ESPN, and their respective reporters in a libel suit brought by a University of Pennsylvania physical anthropology professor after various news organizations reported on the professor's use of the remains of a child killed during the 1985 MOVE bombing as a pedagogical tool during an online lecture series. Obtained dismissal of the case on various grounds including opinion, substantial truth, and failure to plead actual malice. 2023 WL 3571935 (E.D. Pa. 2023) (Ongoing)

ShotSpotter, Inc. v. VICE Media, LLC

Secured dismissal of $200 million defamation claim brought by gunshot detection company ShotSpotter over a VICE article that, based on a number of court filings, described how ShotSpotter exhibited a pattern of altering gunshot alerts at the request of the cops and reported that prosecutors had withdrawn ShotSpotter evidence during trial. 2022 WL 2373418 (Del. Super. 2022)

Admitted to Practice

New Jersey, 2020
New York, 2010
U.S. Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit, 2018
U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit, 2024
U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, 2010
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, 2010
U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York, 2017
U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, 2020

Education

J.D., University of Pennsylvania Law School, 2009
- Legal Writing Instructor
- Research Assistant, Professor Tobias B. Wolff
- Moot Court Board
A.B., History & International Relations, Brown University, 2006, with honors
- Undergraduate Teaching Research Assistant Fellowship, 2005
- Researcher, University Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice

Memberships & Affiliations

- Media Law Committee, New York City Bar Association
- Copyright Committee, New York City Bar Association
- Litigation Committee, Media Law Resource Center
- Trip Leader, Bike and Build, Providence to San Francisco, 2006

Professional Recognition

- Named as one of "500 Leading Global Entertainment, Sports & Media Lawyers" by Lawdragon, 2025
- Selected to "Rising Stars: Top Attorneys Under 40" in Media & Entertainment, Law360, 2021
- Selected to "New York Rising Stars," Thomson Reuters, 2014-2020

Background

- Law Clerk, Hon. Gene E.K. Pratter, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 2011-2012
- Associate, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, N.Y., 2009-2011