A Practical Guide to Taping Phone Calls and In-Person Conversations in the 50 States and D.C.

• Introduction

• State-by-state guide

• Tape-recording laws
  at a glance

• Consent and its limits

• Interstate phone calls

• Possession and
  publication

• The FCC’s role

• Cellular & cordless calls

• Citations to cases

Citations for cases in articles:

Alvarado v. KOB-TV, 493 F.3d 1210 (10th Cir. 2007)

Bartnicki v. Vopper, 121 S. Ct. 1753 (2001)

Baugh v. CBS, 828 F. Supp. 745 (N.D. Cal. June 22, 1993)

Boehner v. McDermott, 484 F.3d 573 (D.C. Cir. 2007).

Copeland v. Hubbard Broadcasting, Inc., 526 N.W.2d 402 (Minn. Ct. App. Jan. 24, 1995)

Desnick v. ABC, 44 F.3d 1345 (7th Cir. 1995)

Food Lion Inc. v. Capital Cities/ABC Inc., 194 F.3d 505 (4th Cir. 1999)

Hornberger v. American Broadcasting Company, Inc., 799 A.2d 566 (N.J. App. 2002)

Jean v. Massachusetts State Police, 492 F.3d 24 (1st Cir. 2007)

Kearney v. Salomon Smith Barney, Inc., 137 P.3d 914 (Cal. 2006)

Krauss v. Globe International, No. 18008-92 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. Sept. 11, 1995)

Medical Laboratory Management Consultants v. American Broadcasting Company, Inc., 306 F.2d 806 (9th Cir. 2002)

Oregon v. Knobel, 777 P.2d 985 (Or. 1989), acquitted on retrial, No. 86-545 (Ore. Dist. Ct. Josephine Cty. Jan. 9, 1991)

Pennsylvania v. Duncan, CR78-92 (Pa. 11thJud. Dist., charges dismissed, March 26, 1992)

PETA v. Bobby Berosini, Ltd., 895 P.2d 1269 (Nev. 1995)

Sussman v. American Broadcasting Cos., Inc., 186 F.3d 1200 (9th Cir. 1999)

In the matter of Entercom New Orleans License, LLC, FCC File No. EB-01-IH-0099 (2002)

In the Matter of Use of Recording Devices in Connection with Telephone Service, 2 FCC Rcd 502 (1987)

Broadcast of Telephone Conversations, 47 C.F.R. §73.1206 (1989)

P.L. 99-508 (The Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986), amending 18 U.S.C. §§ 2510 et seq.

18 U.S.C. §§ 2510 et seq. (1999) (Wire and Electronic Communications Interception and Interception of Oral Communications)