The News Media and The Law, Fall 2000

Editorial

 

A long, steady slide back to secrecy

Cover Story

 

Secret settlements

Secret Courts

 

What can I do if there's a secret settlement in a case I'm reporting on?

 

Subjects of Secrecy

 

Court blocks attempt to seal appeal

 

Simpson loses bid to block miniseries

Newsgathering

 

Organizers limit access to sporting events

 

Court will not hear media cases; reporter heads to jail

 

FBI agents pose as photographers during Aryan Nation trial

 

Covering protests ties journalists in with convention arrests

 

Media members in peril

 

Staged "perp walks" constitute unreasonable search and seizure

 

Judge finds constitutional flaws in city plan to regulate newspaper sales at Hartsfield International Airport

Libel

 

Editorial on transportation company ruled 'opinion'

 

High court to hear wiretapping case with significant effect on news media

 

High court won't review model's "false impression" complaint

 

Dismissal of Washington lobbyist's libel suit against book author upheld on appeal

Reporter's Privilege

 

When reporters get too close to their sources

 

Rabbi murder defendant denied request to reporter's notes

 

Reporter's privilege in place unless plaintiff shows 'probably false' statement

 

Reporter not liable for allegedly revealing source

Freedom of Information

 

Megan's Law rules bar release to news media

 

Ranchers want grazing permit information kept confidential

 

Five more states and D.C. put open records laws to the test

 

Newspaper can see county cell phone records

 

Tips for Obtaining Access to Public Records

 

Newspaper wins partial access to governor's records

 

Court says broad statistical response would invade someone's privacy

 

Contract to shred documents doesn't trump records law

 

Union denied access to investigation records

Content Regulation

 

Marketing of violent entertainment appears twice on Senate committee's schedule

 

Congress considers camera bills; state courts open doors

 

Court denies Klan appeal

 

Former television reporter wins wrongful termination claim

 

NOAA sets new space sensing regulations

 

 

Open & Shut

 

Sources & Citations