COM 460 - Communication Law

• Explain the following legal concepts and apply them to the practices of advertising, broadcasting, journalism and public relations: copyrights and enforcement, trademark creation and enforcement, defamation, privacy torts and defenses, fair trial and free press, contract creation and enforcement, agency principal relations.
• Recall and apply the rules for access to government meetings and records.
• Appraise the systems of laws in the U.S. and individual states, with emphasis on Washington State.
• Compare and contrast the legal freedoms guaranteed by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and synthesize how these freedoms apply to the practices of advertising, broadcasting, journalism and public relations.
• Compare and contrast the regulations under the FTC, FCC and SEC that restrict the practices of advertising, broadcasting, journalism and public relations.