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 TABLE OF CONTENTS   The News Media & The Law Vol. 27, No. 3  

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The News Media & The Law

Summer 2003

Justice & The Whistleblower: Jesselyn Radack warned that Justice was withholding information in the "American Taliban" case, and she's been paying the price ever since.


In this issue:

  OPINION Secrecy remains supreme in terrorism cases

Cover Story
  COVER STORY Justice and the whistleblower
  SIDEBAR Administration focused on plugging leaks to media
  GUEST COLUMN The First Amendment, the press and justice
  WASHINGTON, D.C. Legislation aims to increase whistleblower protections

Libel & Privacy
  FEATURE Suzuki case exposes vulnerability of reviews
  SIDEBAR 'Actual malice' and product disparagement
  OPINION Suzuki gives the high court a shot at redemption
  SIXTH CIRCUIT Artist wins right to distribute work bearing golfer's image
  ROUNDUP Media ethics debacle may affect lawsuit outcomes

Prior Restraints & Secret Courts
  ELEVENTH CIRCUIT Court to reexamine access to grand jury materials
  FEATURE Public officials' books may put them in ethical bind

Freedom of Information
  ROUNDUP Violating government-access laws rarely results in punishment for the offenders
  OPINION Have sunshine laws burned out?
  ROUNDUP Access to smallpox information spotty in some states
  ANALYSIS Privacy tops reasons agencies withhold information

  HOTLINE From the hotline

Newsgathering
  FEATURE Reporters crossing borders face bureaucratic struggles
  ROUNDUP Some journalists face arrest, interrogation and lawsuits

Broadcasting & Copyright
  FEATURE Government, media focus on commercial satellite images
  WASHINGTON, D.C. FCC warning could chill free speech on the radio waves
  ROUNDUP Progress rolls slowly for camera access to courts
  FEATURE Copyright critics push alternative protections

Confidentiality
  SEVENTH CIRCUIT Forfeited interview tapes screened by FBI
  NEW JERSEY Hospital reality show falls within 'news' definition

  ROUNDUP State-by-state legislative update

  FEATURE Open & Shut

  SOURCES Sources & Citations