Chad R. Bowman is a counselor and litigator who works with new and legacy media organizations as well as other nonprofit and for-profit entities engaged in public advocacy and speech. He is a partner at the national law firm Ballard Spahr. He has represented media clients in state and federal courts in defamation, privacy, copyright, subpoena, access, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), marketing and First Amendment matters.
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Bose Corp. v. Consumers Union of United States, Inc. (1984)
Bose Corp. v. Consumers Union of United States, Inc. (1984) overturned the libel conviction of a magazine. Appeals courts hearing libel cases must independently review evidence.
Greenbelt Cooperative Publishing Association v. Bresler (1970)
Greenbelt Cooperative Publishing Association v. Bresler held that rhetorical hyperbole is not actionable as defamation if a reasonable reader would not understand a phrase to be a literal.
Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc. v. Hepps (1986)
A case against The Philadelphia Inquirer led the Supreme Court to rule in 1986 that a private figure plaintiff who sues a news organization for libel bears the burden of proving the libelous statement was false.