But some legal analysts, lobbyists and media lawyers said Friday that they were troubled by the government's broad reading of the law.

Now we have the age of the media lawyer with many lawyers on television giving opinions on everything.

Another media lawyer observed: "Schillings must be wishing it had never gone through with this.

Cameron Stracher is a writer, law professor, and media lawyer.

It was a period when media lawyers and company executives were understandably skittish.

Some tabloid newspapers are being served with "a handful" of such orders each week, according to media lawyers.

But other media lawyers not connected to the case were critical of the staff decision.

Some media lawyers said the rules would violate the First Amendment's ban on government interference with the press.

Alex Wade (born 1966) is a British writer, freelance journalist and media lawyer.

Prominent media lawyers could recall no case in which the theory of tortious interference had been used successfully to sue a news organization.