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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.

    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...
    Tenn. court to review child death records withheld from public
    01/08/2013
    A Tennessee judge in the Davidson County Chancery Court heard arguments Tuesday over whether she...
    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...
    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...
    Florida Drops Efforts to Have Times-Union Reporter Subpoenaed
    12/21/2012
    The Florida attorney general has dropped its efforts to compel a reporter’s testimony in the...
    Businessman can pursue defamation suit without showing proof of monetary loss, N.Y. appeals court rules
    12/14/2012
    A man accused of throwing a severed horse head in a local politician's pool does not have to...
    Tennessee nonprofit found subject to public records laws
    12/12/2012
    A Tennessee court has ruled that a private nonprofit athletic association is the equivalent of a...
    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...
    Ark. Supreme Court reverses lower court decision that state open meetings law was unconstitutional
    12/07/2012
    The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday overturned a lower court’s decision that the open...
    New York court dismisses libel suit against the New York Daily News
    12/07/2012
    A New York judge this week dismissed a libel lawsuit by a Brooklyn judge against the New York Daily...
    Study finds more than half of federal agencies' FOIA rules do not meet legal requirements
    12/04/2012
    More than 60 percent of federal agencies have not responded to calls by Congress or President...
    Federal judge criticizes immigration agency's response to FOIA request
    12/03/2012
    Attorneys seeking records from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services hope that a strongly...
    Judiciary Committee approves "overdue" e-mail privacy bill
    12/03/2012
    The Senate Judiciary Committee Friday unanimously approved a “very overdue” bill that...
    Wis. judge denies Justice Department's request to subpoena journalists
    11/30/2012
    In the first ruling under Wisconsin’s new shield law, a judge denied the state Department of...
    Ark. Supreme Court hears arguments over definition of public meeting
    11/29/2012
    The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday expressed frustration that the state's open meetings law...