“Mary Trump’s Book is Temporarily Blocked by New York Judge”

Roy Gutterman, associate professor of newspaper and online journalism at the Newhouse School and director of the Tully Center for Free Speech, was quoted by Bloomberg in the story “Mary Trump’s Book Is Temporarily Blocked by New York Judge.” Professor Gutterman, who specializes in communications law and the First Amendment, says that “there is a high bar for blocking publication of a book in the U.S., even in cases where the contents might violate a nondisclosure agreement.” In the case of Mary Trump’s book, Gutterman does not believe that “an allegation of violating a family settlement NDA rises to the level to justify blocking a publication.”