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    Digital Journalist's Legal Guide
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    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.

    Adjudication

    The process by which courts review evidence and legal argument to settle matters between the parties involved

    Judge orders blogger to take down information about woman accused in hit-and-run case

    Emily Miller | Prior Restraints | News | July 5, 2012
    Emily Miller
    News
    July 5, 2012

    A Massachusetts district judge ordered a blogger to remove from his website all references to a woman who faced criminal charges related to a car accident that seriously injured a pedestrian. A hearing Monday will bring into question the constitutionality of the order, which some argue violates the First Amendment.

    Reporters Committee urges federal court to allow challenge of policy that restricts access to court records

    Press Release | June 6, 2012
    June 6, 2012
    Reporters Committee urges federal court to allow challenge of policy that restricts access to court records

    The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press has asked a federal appellate court to reverse a lower court ruling that could severely curtail the news media's ability to challenge state court policies that deny access to judicial proceedings and records.