Policy

Architectural commission has authority to ban newsracks, court finds01/29/96 MASSACHUSETTS--An architectural commission has the authority under state law to ban…

Legislature reconsiders record confidentiality after child's death12/18/95 NEW YORK--Responding to intense news coverage and public outcry over the torture and…

Class action suit filed over distribution of free publication12/18/95 WASHINGTON--King County Superior Court Judge Jim Bates in late November allowed…

Camera crew not liable for taping police raid12/04/95 MISSOURI--A television station's camera crew did not violate the civil rights of…

President takes first step in opening Cuba to journalists10/23/95 WASHINGTON, D.C.--President Clinton in early October gave permission to domestic news…

Court questions FCC's sole jurisdiction over political ad rates10/23/95 GEORGIA--Although a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals in…

FTC orders auto dealers to end newspaper advertising boycott10/09/95 CALIFORNIA--The Federal Trade Commission in early August announced that a group…

UPDATE09/25/95 House and Senate conferees have agreed to an appropriations bill continuing funding for the Information Security Oversight Office, which…

Postal inspectors no longer allowed to pose as journalists09/25/95 WASHINGTON, D.C.--Responding to complaints from the Society of Professional Journalists, the…

Law banning payments to witnesses and jurors found unconstitutional09/11/95 CALIFORNIA--A federal District Court judge in San Francisco held in early…