Jeffrey Hermes is director of the Citizen Media Law Project and a fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society. He received his J.D. degree from Harvard Law School in 1997. Prior to joining the Berkman Center, Jeff assisted a wide array of clients in First Amendment, media, intellectual property and Internet law issues as a partner in the litigation practice of Brown Rudnick LLP and later as counsel to Hermes, Netburn, O’Connor & Spearing, P.C. in Boston. Over the last fourteen years, Jeff has represented an international media network and its subsidiaries, major metropolitan newspapers, local broadcasters on television and radio, Internet-based publishers and social media networks.
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Hermes, Jeffrey. "Falsity and the First Amendment: Implications of the Supreme Court’s ruling on Stolen Valor." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 9 Jul. 2012. Web. 9 Oct. 2024.
APA
Hermes, J. (2012, Jul. 9). Falsity and the First Amendment: Implications of the Supreme Court’s ruling on Stolen Valor. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved October 9, 2024, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2012/07/falsity-and-the-first-amendment-implications-of-the-supreme-courts-ruling-on-stolen-valor/
Chicago
Hermes, Jeffrey. "Falsity and the First Amendment: Implications of the Supreme Court’s ruling on Stolen Valor." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified July 9, 2012. Accessed October 9, 2024. https://www.niemanlab.org/2012/07/falsity-and-the-first-amendment-implications-of-the-supreme-courts-ruling-on-stolen-valor/.
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