In this issue:

 Editorial

COMMENTARY

Putting Food Lion in perspective

 Libel

FOURTH CIRCUIT

Food Lion fraud award against ABC thrown out

D.C. CIRCUIT

Wiretap law beats First Amendment challenge

ELEVENTH CIRCUIT

$10 million libel judgment overturned

MISSISSIPPI

Reporter had no doubt about the truth of drug story

LOUISIANA

Governor signs ‘video voyeurism’ measure into law

NEVADA

Lawsuit documents privileged even if known to be false

NINTH CIRCUIT

ABC not liable in taping of ‘telepsychics’

 Freedom of Information

U.S. SUPREME COURT

High court to decide three records access cases

NINTH CIRCUIT

Reclamation bureau must release writings in dam dispute

WASHINGTON, D.C.

New law requires review of declassification decisions

D.C. CIRCUIT

Agencies allowed to establish own policies for the deletion of electronic records

MASSACHUSETTS

‘Attorney work product’ not exempt

NINTH CIRCUIT

Newsroom search request must be processed

MISSISSIPPI

‘Comp time’ records for state employees must be disclosed

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Federal law does not require release of drug testing data

WASHINGTON

Information only public if ‘used’ in decision-making process

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Congressional restriction on medical marijuana vote unconstitutional

 Confidentiality/Privilege

ROUNDUP

Sources disclosed by reporter, spouse loses job

SECOND CIRCUIT

Court reaffirms qualified reporter’s privilege for nonconfidential information

But panel lowers the standard parties must meet

 Broadcasting

FOURTH CIRCUIT

Public radio station can exclude candidates from debate

D.C. CIRCUIT

‘Personal attack,’ ‘political editorial’ rules challenge goes back to FCC

SECOND CIRCUIT

Freelancers win battle over electronic republication rights of their works

FOURTH CIRCUIT

State election laws on political ad reporting apply across state lines

 Secret Courts

ROUNDUP

Starr’s office did not breach grand jury secrecy rules

SIXTH CIRCUIT

University official allowed to confiscate student yearbook

OHIO

Speech claim over gag order against police chief reinstated

MARYLAND

Prosecutor’s rejection of request for Tripp records upheld

MARYLAND

Closed courtroom prompts new trial

GEORGIA

Access to records cannot be denied over general ‘embarrassment’

ROUNDUP

Courts issue temporary prior restraints against publishers

ROUNDUP

More states move to limit access to prisoners

ROUNDUP

Journalists jailed in Malaysia, detained by Indonesian soldiers

CITATIONS

Sources & Citations

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