Eric P. Robinson, JD, PhD, holds the Reid H. Montgomery Chair in Freedom of Information at the University of South Carolina, where he teaches media and internet law as an associate professor at the USC School of Journalism and Mass Communications and an academic affiliate of the University of South Carolina Joseph F. Rice School of Law. He is also “of counsel” to the media and internet law practice Fenno Law in Charleston/Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina.

Robinson is co-author of Cyber Law and Ethics: Regulation of the Connected World (1st edition 2021, 2nd edition 2026) and a contributor to the sixth and seventh editions of the widely used textbook Media Law and Ethics (2021, 2025). He was the sole author of Reckless Disregard: St. Amant v. Thompson and the Transformation of Libel Law (2018), as lead contributor and editorial reviewer for Internet Law: The Complete Guide (2016–2019).