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Our lawyers are on the leading edge of First Amendment jurisprudence, successfully briefing and arguing dozens of landmark cases before the New Hampshire Supreme Court. Representing journalists and publishers of print, newspaper, electronic, radio, and television, Malloy & Sullivan is a leader in fighting for public records, and handling  defamation, libel, slander, and issues of privacy and privilege for our clients.

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Malloy & Sullivan has served as counsel in seminal cases establishing and expanding the rights of the press and the people to know, and to report on, what their government is up to. These landmark cases include:

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Union Leader Corp. v. N.H. Dep't of Safety, 324 A.3d 399 (N.H. 2024)

Stone v. City of Claremont, 319 A.3d 1274 (N.H. 2024)

ACLU of N.H. v. N.H. Div. of State Police, 176 N.H. 302 (2023) (amicus curiae)

Provenza v. Town of Canaan, 175 N.H. 121 (2022) (amicus curie)

Union Leader Corp. v. Town of Salem, 173 N.H. 345 (2020)

N.H. Ctr. for Pub. Interest Journalism v. N.H. DOJ, 173 N.H. 648 (2020)

Union Leader Corp. v. United States Dep't of Homeland Sec., 749 F.3d 45 (1st Cir. 2014)

Union Leader Corp. v. N.H. Ret. Sys., 162 N.H. 673 (2011)

State v. DeCato, 156 N.H. 570 (2007)

Union Leader Corp. v. N.H. Hous. Fin. Auth., 142 N.H. 540 (1997)

Union Leader Corp. v. City of Nashua, 141 N.H. 473 (1996)

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Our attorneys regularly speak and instruct on a number of First Amendment topics at the Suffolk University Law School, the Nackey S. Loeb School of Communications, the New England First Amendment Coalition, and WorldBoston. ​