Legal HelpLine
CNPA's helpline is available without charge to members to help answer legal questions on such topics as access to public meetings and records, school access, publisher liability for advertising, and workplace issues.
To contact the helpline call Jim Ewert at 916-288-6013 or email jim@cnpa.com
Q: What if I'm a small newspaper publisher -- there just aren't that many legal questions that come up, are there?
A: Do you publish legal notices?
Do you mail your newspapers?
Do you distribute using newsracks?
Do you work with independent contractor carriers or freelance journalists?
Do you cover city hall?
Do you accept housing ads?
Do you report on the courts?
Do you get information from local police or sheriff's departments?
Do you ever get troublesome ad copy, letters to the editor or worry about your comments section on the web?
Do your employees work overtime?
Do you ever have someone tell you that the law requires you to do something or not to do something -- and you'd like a second opinion?
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