Press Release
May 2, 2011
For Immediate Release: May 2, 2011
Washington, D.C. — As journalists and press freedom advocates from around the world gather in Washington to mark World Press Freedom Day May 3, the Reporters...
The News Media & The Law
May 1, 2011
From the Spring 2011 issue of The News Media & The Law, page 1.
I should have known that the pro-transparency campaign promises spewed from the lips of political candidates during the 2010...
The News Media & The Law
May 1, 2011
Accountability. Transparency. Sunshine.
These words were tossed around frequently during the 2010 gubernatorial elections. As candidates, many of the 26 newly elected governors promised an increase...
The News Media & The Law
May 1, 2011
From the Spring 2011 issue of The News Media & The Law, page 17.
A federal court in New York City ruled in February that some metadata is presumed releasable under the federal Freedom of...
The News Media & The Law
May 1, 2011
A collection of notable quotations
From the Spring 2011 issue of The News Media & The Law, page 32.
“We trust that AT&T will not take it personally.”
— U.S. Supreme Court...
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A Dallas judge found earlier this week that a plaintiff who tried to silence a blogger through a temporary injunction in a defamation suit did not meet the burden for the injunction.
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April 19, 2011
The U.S. Court of Appeals in San Francisco (9th Cir.) yesterday reversed a federal district judge’s decision that the public has no presumptive right to access a report submitted by Google to...
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A federal appeals panel on Friday held that recommendations issued by federal advisory committees can be withheld from the public under Exemption 5 to the federal Freedom of Information Act, an...
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The fight surrounding an amendment to Utah’s open government law ended Friday when the state legislature passed a bill that officially repeals the controversial measure H.B. 477, but the future...
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March 1, 2011
A coalition of media groups challenged restrictions on media coverage in an upcoming murder trial in North Carolina Superior Court. The restrictions limit local media's coverage of police and FBI...
