---
title: "Assemble the publications for the hearing bundle"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/defamation-and-media-law/assemble-and-deliver-the-actual-publications-before-the-first-case-manag/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A33-F20261018-2-US"
practice_area: "Defamation & Media Law"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Assemble the publications for the hearing bundle

> For each item the lawyer marks, record the publication name, the date, the URL or the exhibit number, and the passage. Copy the words. Add no argument.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/practice/defamation-and-media-law/assemble-and-deliver-the-actual-publications-before-the-first-case-manag/united-states  
Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Defamation & Media Law](https://ailawframework.com/practice/defamation-and-media-law.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | For each item the lawyer marks, record the publication name, the date, the URL or the exhibit number, and the passage. Copy the words. Add no argument. |
| What the lawyer must review | You choose what is tendered. Civil Code § 45 defines libel. Section 48a limits damages for libel in a daily or weekly news publication, or slander by radio broadcast, unless a correction is demanded and not published or broadcast as that section provides, and § 48a(d)(5) defines that kind of publication. You decide whether each item in the bundle is the publication sued on and whether § 48a applies to it. Opinion 512 requires the quote to be checked against the capture. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Assemble and deliver the actual publications before the first case management hearing](https://ailawframework.com/practice/defamation-and-media-law/assemble-and-deliver-the-actual-publications-before-the-first-case-manag.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: For each item the lawyer marks, record the publication name, the date, the URL or the exhibit number, and the passage. Copy the words. Add no argument.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- A capture can differ from the live page. Keep the capture you will tender, with its date.
- Section 48a is California and covers the publications defined in § 48a(d)(5), plus radio broadcast. It is not a bundle rule for every state.

## Sources

- [California Civil Code § 45 (libel defined)](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CIV&sectionNum=45) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [California Civil Code § 48a (correction in a news publication or a radio broadcast)](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CIV&sectionNum=48a.) (checked 2026-10-22)

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*