Jackson Walker partner Chip Babcock was quoted in an article in the Winter/Spring 2014 edition of The Silha Bulletin, a publication of the Silha Center for the Study of Media Ethics and Law.
The article discussed the Federal Communications Commission’s recent decision to cancel a study of newsroom operations that was intended to gain insight into whether news outlets are covering stories that meet citizens’ “critical information needs.” The proposed study attracted criticism from First Amendment advocates who believed the invasive nature of the study would impede the First Amendment rights of journalists. The article included a quote from Mr. Babcock’s post in the firm’s Media Law Group e-newsletter, “Via Media Postcard.”
“So we would have had a government sponsored and funded program inquiring of the press about what they cover and why, and many of the targets were television and radio stations which are regulated by that agency. It is hard to imagine a program more offensive to the First Amendment,” Mr. Babcock wrote.
Mr. Babcock has more than 25 years’ experience representing a variety of clients in commercial litigation, including intellectual property disputes, as well as in the field of media and communications law. In 2010, Mr. Babcock was selected as one of Texas Lawyer’s “25 Greatest Texas Lawyers of the Past Quarter-Century,” and is ranked as a top First Amendment attorney, a top Commercial Litigation attorney, and a top Trial Lawyer in the prestigious Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business directory. Mr. Babcock has been awarded the status of “Super Lawyer” by Thomson Reuters every year since its inception in 2003 and has also been listed by D Magazine as one of the “Best Lawyers in Dallas,” by H Texas Magazine as one of the “Top Lawyers in Houston,” and by Texas Lawyer as one of Texas’ “Go To” lawyers. He is AV-rated by Martindale–Hubbell and is featured in the Commercial Litigation chapter of Who’s Who Legal: Texas. He was named as a “Best in Civil Litigation Defense” attorney by Super Lawyers: Corporate Counsel Edition. Mr. Babcock received his A.B. from Brown University and his J.D. from Boston University.
