Jorge Carrera Domenech

Jorge Carrera Domenech is a Spanish lawyer and former judge. His career includes serving as Spain's liaison judge in the United States and working on international judicial cooperation. He writes on law, technology and democratic institutions.

What DI has documented

DI has documented statements by Jorge Carrera Domenech on Media, Press Freedom, and U.S. Politics. Read the quotations, original sources and related cases below.

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Statements by Jorge Carrera Domenech

Jorge Carrera Domenech

Role at the time: Lawyer and former judge, writing the Confilegal opinion column as Jorge Carrera Domenech

Condemned

Statement summary

Writing in Spanish, Carrera argues that the expense of responding to the Justice Department can discourage a newsroom from joining a future coverage protest, regardless of the legal outcome.

“Según su portavoz, los boicots colectivos entre competidores pueden infringir la ley. Es una tesis que algún tribunal tendrá que examinar, y no es este el lugar para resolverla. Pero el mensaje no necesita sentencia para producir efecto. La próxima redacción que se plantee no cubrir un acto en protesta por el trato dado a otra sabrá que antes debe calcular cuánto cuesta contestar a un requerimiento del Departamento de Justicia.”
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Why we used this label

The matter under scrutiny includes the antitrust investigation following the access dispute. Carrera criticizes its potential chilling effect on newsrooms.

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