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    Digital Journalist's Legal Guide
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    Everything online journalists need to protect their legal rights. This free resource culls from all Reporters Committee resources and includes exclusive content on digital media law issues.

    Briefs & Comments

    • Amicus brief in Leigh v. Salazar
      June 2, 2011

      Asking the Ninth Circuit to reverse a district court's denial of a preliminary injunction on behalf of a photographer seeking less restrictive access to federal lands for purposes of photographing the roundup of wild horses.

    • Amicus brief in Schwarzenegger v. Entertainment Merchants Association
      September 17, 2010

      Urging the court not to uphold a California regulation that restricts violence in the media by banning the sale of violent video games to juveniles.

    • Amicus brief in POM Wonderful v. American Lawyer Media
      July 30, 2010

      Urging the D.C. Court of Appeals to overturn a prior restraint on publication of information from a publicly available court file that was supposed to be sealed.

    • Amicus brief in Sam v. Ossiginac
      July 15, 2009

      Urging the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians Court of Appeals to vacate a prior restraint issued against journalist Nancy Kelsey in violation of the Tribal Constitution, the First Amendment, and the Indian Civil Rights Act.