Media Law Hotline

Provided by Prince Lobel Glovsky & Tye LLP

Hotline number: 1-888-428-7490, media@PrinceLobel.com

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Click here to download the Hotline brochure

INSTRUCTIONS FOR USING THE HOTLINE

1. Authorized employees (editors and department heads) of NENPA member newspapers should call the Hotline number (1-888-428-7490) and also send a query by e-mail to media@PrinceLobel.com.
2. State clearly that you are calling as a NENPA member and using the NENPA Media Law Hotline. Identify your newspaper and your role at the newspaper.
3. If leaving a message, state clearly your name, telephone number, and e-mail address.
4. State clearly any deadlines for responding to your inquiry.  Be sure to state if it is an emergency or urgent deadline.
5. Be prepared to discuss the facts relating to your inquiry.
6. A media law attorney at Prince Lobel Glovsky & Tye LLP will respond to your inquiry, usually the same day and always within 24 hours. The only exception is that non-emergency requests received on weekends or holidays will be answered promptly during normal office hours, Monday through Friday, 9am to 6pm Eastern time. 

TERMS OF USE

1. If you inquiry is in the areas and scope covered by the Hotline and requires no more than two hours of lawyer time, you will not be billed for the service; the legal fee will be covered by NENPA.
2. Questions that require significant research or investigation (more than two hours work), or that involve other substantive areas of law (such as tax, real estate, etc.) - as well as inquiries in excess of the four-per-month cap - are not covered by the Hotline but may be made the subject of a separate engagement of Prince Lobel Glovsky & Tye LLP at reduced fees. If and when it becomes apparent that your inquiry will require additional time or legal resources, you will be so advised and, if appropriate, given the option of engaging Prince Lobel Glovsky & Tye LLP directly to handle your case.  In such cases, you will be directly responsible for the fee, and NENPA will bear no responsibility.
3. The NENPA Media Law Hotline is administered and subsidized jointly by NENPA and Prince Lobel Glovsky & Tye LLP. The attorney-client relationship is between the newspaper and the law firm providing the service. NENPA has no liability for the legal advice given.
4. Prince Lobel Glovsky & Tye LLP will provide NENPA with periodic reports on the number of Hotline calls received, and the general nature of such calls, but will not share with NENPA information about which NENPA members use the Hotline or the specific issues discussed, unless specific permission is given.
5. Legal advice will not be provided for disputes between NENPA members, or in matters that would create a professional conflict of interest for Prince Lobel Glovsky & Tye LLP.  In case of conflict of interest, NENPA member newspapers will be given the names of other lawyers who may be available to respond to the inquiry.  However, all fee arrangements in such cases will be between the newspaper and the lawyer, and neither NENPA nor Prince Lobel Glovsky & Tye LLP will bear any responsibility for the fees.

Using the NENPA Media Law Hotline signifies acceptance of these Terms of Use.