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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.

    Secret settlement

    A term used to describe cases in which legal documents such as pleadings or discovery materials are sealed from public view as a condition of settlement between lawsuit parties

    Reporters Committee lauds federal court's ruling that secret Del. court arbitration is unconstitutional

    Press Release | August 30, 2012
    August 30, 2012
    Reporters Committee lauds federal court's ruling that secret Del. court arbitration is unconstitutional

    A federal judge in Delaware stood up for the right to be informed about important disputes that may affect public health and safety Thursday when she declared unconstitutional state court rules that allow blanket confidentiality in private arbitration proceedings and records.