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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.

    Secret search for college president violated open records law, court rules
    10/05/1993
    MICHIGAN -- The state Supreme Court ruled in late September that the secret search for a new...
    House of Representatives ends secrecy about petitions to get bills out of committee
    10/05/1993
    WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A freshman congressman from Oklahoma in late September won a battle to scrap...
    Georgia judge allows police to withhold details from police incident reports
    10/05/1993
    GEORGIA -- A Superior Court judge ruled in late September that the police may withhold some...
    Appeals court allows secrecy of most of report on Waldheim's wartime activities
    10/05/1993
    WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The federal government can keep secret most of a report that details the...
    Reno promises 'complete review' of FOI policy
    09/14/1993
    WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Attorney General Janet Reno, noting her commitment to open government dating...
    Connecticut high court limits disclosure of arrest records
    09/14/1993
    CONNECTICUT -- The state Freedom of Information Act limits the disclosure of arrest records to...
    Appeals court holds that Air Force cannot selectively withhold poll results
    09/14/1993
    WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Air Force cannot routinely withhold poll results from a survey of the...