Catherine Robb

Affirming preliminary injunction of portions of HB 900 (READER Act) requiring booksellers to rate every book ever sold to Texas public schools based on unconstitutionally vague definitions of “sexually explicit” and “sexually relevant.” The 5th Circuit held these portions of the Act were unconstitut [...]

Reversing the denial of a motion to dismiss under the Texas Citizens Participation Act for the second time. This time holding that the investigative report at issue was substantially true and a fair, true and accurate report of official proceedings, dismissing all claims, and remanding for an award [...]

Plaintiff, a nightclub/bar, sued our client, a television station, for its brief online article -based on a police news conference - that reported on a dispute that occurred in front of the bar and the subsequent shooting of a band member in the arm. After an initial, successful appeal of the denial [...]

Plaintiffs, a doctor and his medical practice, filed a retaliatory lawsuit against Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc., alleging defamation after Nexstar’s television station, KXAN, published online and broadcast reports about inherent problems with the Texas Medical Board’s complaint and investigation [...]

Affirming the grant of summary judgment in a lawsuit claiming negligence and brought by the plaintiff against a production company for its blurring of his image in an episode of The First 48. 

Successfully obtained summary judgment on behalf of a television production company in a negligence lawsuit alleging that the broadcast of an episode of The First 48, a critically acclaimed documentary television series, incited retaliatory violence against the Plaintiff.

Haynes Boone represented CBS Television Distribution, Graham Media and Associated Newspapers, all national media outlets, in a defamation suit brought by an Austin-area dentist after Defendants reported on the tragic death of a 14-month dental patient who died as a result of complications from anest [...]

Plaintiff, a doctor, sued our clients, CBS Broadcasting, Inc., for a CBS Evening News broadcast reporting on questions and concerns that had been raised about insurance scams targeting military families, including the fact that plaintiff had been paid nearly $5 million from TRICARE (the military ins [...]

Plainitffs, father and son, sued media defendants for defamation for an allegedly defamatory Facebook post discussing rumors of the father’s detention at the border. On behalf of the media defendants, we filed an Anti-SLAPP Motion in the trial court requesting dismissal of the claims brought by the [...]

Obtained a dismissal of defamation suit brought over televisions station’s broadcasts reporting on the deaths of two dogs at a dog grooming company. An Anti-SLAPP Motion was filed on behalf of the station and the reporter, which was granted by the court, dismissing the case with prejudice.