Policy

CALIFORNIA--After being amended several times, legislation attempting to make it a crime for the Ku Klux Klan to insert hate…

WASHINGTON--The state's stalking law does not intrude upon constitutionally protected behavior such as news gathering, the Washington Supreme Court ruled…

In late May the U.S. Supreme Court decided not to review the decision of the federal court of appeals in…

WASHINGTON, D.C.--The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled in late May that the FCC had 30 days…

CALIFORNIA--While California Sen. John Burton's anti-paparazzi bill passed the state senate and is awaiting action in the assembly, a similar…

MASSACHUSETTS--In mid-May a state court in Salem held that the state's anti-SLAPP law protects the news media against some libel…

Celebrities, news media testify in paparazzi bill hearings 06/01/98 WASHINGTON, D.C.--The House of Representatives' Committee on the Judiciary in late…

Senators introduce bill aimed at limiting paparazzi activities 06/01/98 WASHINGTON, D.C.--A federal bill that would make it a federal crime…

Law restricting writings about judicial proceedings struck down 04/20/98 PUERTO RICO--In early March, a federal District Court in San Juan…

City agency ban on speaking to media overturned 04/06/98 SECOND CIRCUIT--The federal appeals court in New York City (2d Cir.)…