The News Media and The Law, Summer 2003

 

 

Secrecy remains supreme in terrorism cases

Cover Story

 

Justice and the whistleblower

 

 

Administration focused on plugging leaks to media

 

The First Amendment, the press and justice

 

Legislation aims to increase whistleblower protections

Libel

 

Suzuki case exposes vulnerability of reviews

 

'Actual malice' and product disparagement

 

Suzuki gives the high court a shot at redemption

 

Artist wins right to distribute work bearing golfer's image

 

Media ethics debacle may affect lawsuit outcomes

Secret Courts

 

Court to reexamine access to grand jury materials

 

Public officials' books may put them in ethical bind

Freedom of Information

 

Violating government-access laws rarely results in punishment for the offenders

 

Have sunshine laws burned out?

 

Access to smallpox information spotty in some states

 

Privacy tops reasons agencies withhold information

 

 

From the hotline

Newsgathering

 

Reporters crossing borders face bureaucratic struggles

 

Some journalists face arrest, interrogation and lawsuits

Content Regulation

 

Government, media focus on commercial satellite images

 

FCC warning could chill free speech on the radio waves

 

Progress rolls slowly for camera access to courts

 

Copyright critics push alternative protections

Reporter's Privilege

 

Forfeited interview tapes screened by FBI

 

Hospital reality show falls within 'news' definition

 

 

State-by-state legislative update

 

Open & Shut

 

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