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Disclosure of a political candidate’s expunged criminal record cannot give rise to an invasion-of-privacy claim, the New Hampshire Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.
The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled Monday that reports of crimes are not necessarily libelous just because the criminal records have been expunged. The court in G.D. v. Bernard Kenny and The Hudson County Democratic Organization, Inc. reversed a trial judge's holding that the use of expunged information could be libelous.
