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NJPA's Legal Hotline

The Legal Hotline provides NJPA members with expert legal advice on most newspaper-related issues. Access past questions and answers through the following:

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• Defamation
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• Shield Law
• Overview of Defamation - PowerPoint presentation by Tom Cafferty, January 25, 2007
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The Legal Hotline is available to all publications that are active NJPA members. To reach the Hotline:

• Call (973) 596-4863. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Monday-Friday). Callers may leave a recorded message at any time on a dedicated voice-mail line. Hotline attorneys return all calls as soon as possible.
• Fax: (973) 639-6267
• Write: NJPA Legal Hotline, c/o Gibbons P.C., One Gateway Center, Newark, NJ 07102-5310.
• Email: tcafferty@gibbonslaw.com

Recent Court Decisions

• W.J.A. v. D.A. - May 21, 2012 - corrected decision regarding damages in defamation case
• Thomas John Salzano v. North Jersey Media Group - May 11, 2012 - defamation v. fair report privilege
      Salzano v. NJMG - Summary by Cafferty

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