Academic speech

Comments to Maryland House Committee on Health & Government Operations re: House Bill 62

February 23, 2012

HB 62 proposes an amendment to the current exemption for “research projects” in Maryland's public information act that would allow public universities to withhold from disclosure wide categories of records "produced or collected by" faculty members.

College: Academics also deserve protection from subpoenas

Aaron Mackey | Reporter's Privilege | Feature | June 10, 2011
Feature
June 10, 2011

Academics archiving the oral histories of the decades-long Troubles in Northern Ireland should be protected from subpoenas in ways similar to the protection given to journalists, attorneys for Boston College argued this week.

Judge lifts gag order on MIT students

Matthew Pollack | Prior Restraints | Quicklink | August 20, 2008
Quicklink
August 20, 2008

A federal trial court judge in Boston lifted a gag order preventing three Massachusetts Institute of Technology students from disclosing security flaws in Boston’s public transportation ticketing system, according to the Associated Press.