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A federal judge in Denver has denied without public comment a request for a broad restraining order aimed at The…

A judge in Illinois has rejected the Alton Telegraph's argument that the identities of anonymous commenters on a newspaper's Web site…

The Privacy Act saga continues between Detroit Free Press reporter David Ashenfelter and former prosecutor Richard Convertino. Ashenfelter filed court …

A potentially misleading Fox News caption did not provide a sufficient basis for a finding of false and defamatory meaning…

A $7,500 fine levied against a political activist in Kansas for speaking about an ethics complaint he filed was reversed last week…

The names of individuals buried in a state cemetery are death records, the Nebraska Supreme Court said today, ruling that they must…

New York Gov. David Paterson has shot down a plan to boost enforcement provisions of the state's open meetings law,…

The (Newport, Va.) Virginian-Pilot reports that local judges have been sealing the names of all jurors in all criminal cases…

Texas has become the 37th state to enact a reporter’s shield law. Gov. Rick Perry signed House Bill 670 on…

Tennessee’s ACLU chapter is proclaiming victory in its dispute of a requirement that only residents of the state can make…