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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.

    Police planning credited with avoiding problems at Republican National Convention
    09/04/2012
    The 2012 Republican National Convention last week saw minimal arrests, no violence and fewer...
    Phoenix alternative newspaper can proceed with suit against Arpaio, court rules
    08/30/2012
    Two executives of an alternative Arizona newspaper can continue their civil rights and conspiracy...
    Wisconsin radio reporter locked out of Romney campaign event
    08/23/2012
    Campaign staffers for presidential candidate Mitt Romney barred a local radio reporter from...
    OpenCourt can record Mass. jury trials, state high court judge rules
    08/15/2012
    OpenCourt, a Massachusetts courtroom transparency program can begin streaming video of jury trials...
    N.H. activist sentenced to 90 days for recording, disclosing phone conversations with public officials
    08/14/2012
    A New Hampshire activist was found guilty on Monday in connection with recording telephone...
    New York Times freelance photographer arrested and allegedly beaten
    08/06/2012
    Media advocates are expressing outrage over the arrest of a New York Times freelance photographer...
    Open government advocates oppose Senate's anti-leak measures passed with much secrecy
    07/31/2012
    The U.S. Senate is expected to vote in the coming days on a controversial intelligence...
    Journalist settles with city of Pittsburgh over wrongful arrest during G-20 summit in 2009
    07/31/2012
    The city of Pittsburgh settled a federal lawsuit with a journalist who claimed he was arrested and...
    Temporary ordinance in Florida bans items used by journalists
    07/30/2012
    Media lawyers are concerned about a temporary ordinance that, among other things, bans certain...
    Ill. judge declares state's eavesdropping law unconstitutional
    07/30/2012
    An Illinois judge ruled last week that the state’s eavesdropping law – one of the...
    N.Y. police violated journalists' rights during protests, says lawyer's group report
    07/27/2012
    A nearly 200-page independent oversight report released by a group of human rights lawyers this...
    New general order by D.C. police follows U.S. justice department guidelines for recording police activity
    07/24/2012
    The Washington, D.C., chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union dropped a case Monday against...
    Reporters question Pentagon's harsher approach to national security leaks
    07/23/2012
    The Pentagon Press Association is awaiting a response to a letter submitted to the Pentagon...
    Child abuse records must be disclosed to newspapers, Ky. appellate court rules
    07/12/2012
    Two Kentucky newspapers earned a victory in a lengthy legal battle with child welfare officials...
    Government argues FOIA would provide sufficient access to Manning court-martial documents
    07/10/2012
    The federal government asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces on Monday to become the...