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Two senators announced Friday that the Obama Administration has agreed to a deal that could allow plans for a federal journalist shield law to move forward next week.
The Obama administration proposed substantial changes to the pending federal shield bill that would weaken its protections against compelling journalists to testify in the interest of national security, TheNew York Timesreported.
The Wisconsin Assembly yesterday passed the state’s first shield bill for reporters—clearing the first hurdle in the path to become a law, the Associated Press reported.
An amendment to the bipartisan Senate bill that would create a federal shield law for journalists will likely exclude many bloggers and internet journalists, according to the text of the amendment introduced by Democratic Sen. Charles Schumer of New York.
A Hawaii trial court judge last week made the first ruling under the state's year-old media shield law, granting a documentary filmmaker’s request to keep his unpublished footage and sources confidential, the Honolulu Star-Bulletinreported.
U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton, who presided over the "Scooter" Libby leak case and once held a USA Today reporter in contempt, said journalists should have a limited protection for their sources in the courtroom, The Associated Press reported Saturday.
U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton, who presided over the "Scooter" Libby leak case and once held a USA Today reporter in contempt, said journalists should have a limited protection for their sources in the courtroom, The Associated Press reported Saturday.
A New Jersey judge has dismissed Donald Trump's libel lawsuit against an author who Trump had claimed underrepresented his personal wealth, The New York Times reported.
A San Francisco State University photojournalism student who witnessed a killing while taking pictures for his senior project is covered by the California shield law, a judge ruled Wednesday, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
A Texas judge ruled last month that the identities of anonymous commenters on a newspaper's Web site were protected by the state's new shield law, the Abilene Reporter-Newsreported.
