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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.

    Judge orders Gawker to take down Hulk Hogan sex video, accompanying article and reader comments
    04/26/2013
    The popular website Gawker partially complied with a Florida judge’s order to take down a...
    Order prohibiting journalist from ever writing about Haitian prime minister dismissed; but PM can refile complaint
    04/09/2013
    A federal judge in Miami today dismissed the defamation suit against a U.S.-based Haitian...
    Judge restrains journalist from writing about Haitian prime minister, businessman
    02/19/2013
    A federal judge in Miami ordered a Haitian-American journalist to never again publish anything...
    Virginia Supreme Court reverses injunction against online commenter
    01/04/2013
    A Virginia woman being sued by her home contractor for libel won't have to remove negative...
    N.D. law banning campaigning on Election Day ruled unconstitutional
    11/01/2012
    A federal judge Wednesday banned the enforcement of a century-old statute that prevents North...
    Journalists harmed by terrorist law that chills speech activities, federal judge rules
    09/13/2012
    A federal judge in New York Wednesday blocked enforcement of a provision of a statute that would...
    Judge orders blogger to take down information about woman accused in hit-and-run case
    07/05/2012
    A Massachusetts district judge ordered a blogger to remove from his website all references to a...
    Supreme Court reaffirms corporate speech freedoms in Montana case
    06/25/2012
    The U.S. Supreme Court struck down a Montana ban on corporations’ political contributions...
    Journalist may intervene to challenge gag order in terrorism trial
    06/15/2012
    A federal appellate court ruled Monday that a Texas journalist had standing to challenge a lower...
    Anti-terrorism law infringes First Amendment rights, court finds
    05/23/2012
    A federal judge in New York recently halted enforcement of a controversial section of an anti-...
    Ordering lawyers to follow conduct rules eliminated need for gag order in Ala. public corruption case
    03/15/2012
    Ordering lawyers to comply with rules of professional conduct was a less restrictive alternative to...
    Judicial order restricting publication of material in live-streamed court proceeding is unconstitutional
    03/14/2012
    A judicial order that a news organization redact material presented during open court is an...
    Supreme Court weighs arguments in Stolen Valor case
    02/22/2012
    The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in a case that questions the...
    10th Cir.: lies about military service not protected
    01/30/2012
    A federal appeals court recently upheld the constitutionality of a controversial law that...
    Texas judge limits media coverage of murder trial
    01/10/2012
    A Texas district judge unhappy about media coverage has loosened -- but not completely eliminated...