Overview
On November 13, 2026, partner Tom Hentoff will moderate a panel at PLI’s “Communications Law in the Digital Age 2026” in New York. Tom will moderate the panel “Defamation and Related Claims: Current Issues for Media Lawyers” along with panelists Michael Gottlieb, David E. McCraw, and Laura Prather, and speaker Jonathan R. Donnellan. They will discuss issues such as state and federal SLAPP laws, emerging AI-generated libel suits, the Westfall Act, and more.
Tom serves as Co-Chair of Williams & Connolly’s Trademark and Copyright and First Amendment and Media practice groups. His practice is concentrated in three areas: intellectual property disputes, First Amendment and media law, and complex civil litigation. Tom has represented clients in a wide variety of copyright, trademark, trade secret, defamation, privacy, false-advertising, and class action litigation and counseling matters. He has also represented clients in a broad range of civil litigation matters at the trial and appellate levels.
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