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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.

    Media organizations asks judge to dismiss gag order imposed by prosecutors
    04/25/2013
    Two Georgia media organizations are asking a judge to dismiss an unusual gag order placed on 35...
    Military appeals court rejects bid for access to Manning documents, setting uncertain precedent for journalists
    04/17/2013
    A military appeals court denied a group of journalists’ attempt to access court filings and...
    Judge unseals records in Holmes case; hearing Wed. will determine if reporter must testify about source
    04/05/2013
    The new judge presiding over the James Holmes trial unsealed the highly coveted search and arrest...
    D.C. appeals court to consider issuing redacted opinion in high-profile sealed case
    03/29/2013
    In response to a letter from the Reporters Committee, a federal appeals court has taken a critical...
    Filmmaker cannot obtain trial recording, Mass. high court rules
    03/20/2013
    Massachusetts’ highest court ruled Monday that a documentary filmmaker cannot access an audio...
    Fox News reporter subpoenaed in James Holmes case
    03/14/2013
    A New York judge has signed a subpoena requiring a Fox News reporter to testify in Colorado about...
    Appeal proceeds secretly in Gray campaign investigation
    03/08/2013
    The U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington issued several secret orders in a completely sealed case...
    Judge erred in sealing court documents, Va. Supreme Court rules
    03/01/2013
    In the first decision ever in Virginia to address the issue of moot arguments, the state Supreme...
    Judge keeps Chandra Levy post-conviction investigation records sealed
    02/07/2013
    A Washington, D.C. trial judge declined to explain in a hearing Wednesday why he will continue to...
    Appeals court blocks journalist's attempt to access AIG consultant reports
    02/01/2013
    A federal appeals court Friday denied a journalist access to reports on American International...
    Government can access Twitter account data in WikiLeaks probe, appeals court rules
    01/31/2013
    Government investigators in the WikiLeaks probe can access Twitter users’ account information...
    Maine Supreme Court orders jury selection to be public in prostitution case
    01/28/2013
    Maine’s highest court reversed a trial judge's decision and ordered jury selection to be...
    Washington Supreme Court narrows public access to court documents
    01/15/2013
    Supporting documents can remain hidden when filed in a court case that settles before a decision is...
    Military commission denies requests for TV coverage of Guantanamo Bay 9/11 court proceedings
    01/03/2013
    The military commission at Guantanamo Bay today denied defense requests for television coverage of...
    Pa. appeals court rules newspapers can pursue sealed records in fracking settlement
    12/11/2012
    Two newspapers can now argue for the unsealing of settlement documents in a secretive fracking...