Eric Robinson joins Fenno Law Firm as Of Counsel

Eric Robinson, an assistant professor who teaches media law at the School of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of South Carolina, has joined Fenno Law as Of Counsel.

Mr. Robinson will continue to teach at USC while advancing Fenno Law’s service to clients in the Columbia, S.C. area.

Eric currently authors a regular column on legal issues for journalists in the S.C. Press Association’s newsletter. He also recently authored a book on libel law, Reckless Disregard: St. Amant v. Thompson and the Transformation of Libel Law (available on Amazon). Eric’s experience includes stints as a staff attorney at the Media Law Resource Center and legal fellow at the Reporter’s Committee for Freedom of the Press.

Fenno Law's specialized practice ranges from defamation and privacy litigation to copyright and trademark registration; from drafting software licenses and artist-label recording contracts to providing pre-publication legal review of news stories and books; and from assisting clients with website privacy compliance to negotiating e-commerce contracts. 

The firm represents television stations, software developers, newspapers, website designers, record labels, multimedia companies, artists, authors, publishers, producers, models, fashion designers and many others in the media, technology and entertainment fields. Clients also include numerous “brick and mortar” businesses – ranging from medical practices to car washes — with website, e-commerce or intellectual property legal issues.