Everything online journalists need to protect their legal rights. This free resource culls from all Reporters Committee resources and includes exclusive content on digital media law issues.
Digital Journalist's Legal Guide
Subjects of Secrecy
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5 From the Fall 2000 issue of The News Media & The Law, page 5.
A list of some of the well-known products that have benefitted from secret settlements:
Agent Orange
Asbestos
Dow Corning silicone gel breast implants
Dalkon Shield intra-uterine device
DES synthetic estrogen
Firestone tires
General Motors trucks (with side-saddle gas tanks)
Halcion anti-anxiety drug
Miracle Recreation Merry-go-Round
Pfizer heart valve
Prozac antidepressant
Zomax painkiller
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