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Reporters Committee joins Coalition for Court Transparency in calling for online posting of Supreme Court financial disclosure reports
U.S. Supreme Court justices traveled the globe, spoke at symposia on bankruptcy and baseball and collectively held assets in the…Categorized in Court access -
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Police department agrees to implement recording rights guidelines in settlement with videographer
New York’s Suffolk County Police Department agreed to take new measures to instruct police on citizens’ recording rights in a…Categorized in Newsgathering -
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Sen. Wyden speaks out against new policy restricting access to intelligence sources
On the Senate floor this week Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., praised new statutory protections for intelligence agency whistleblowers, but expressed…Categorized in Newsgathering -
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District court rules that Texas anti-SLAPP law applies in federal court
A U.S. District Court in Texas ruled that Texas’ anti-SLAPP law applies in federal courts and then dismissed a defamation…Categorized in Libel and privacy -
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Cherokee Council amends nation's FOI law
The Cherokee Nation Council passed an amendment to its freedom of information law that will extend the response time to…Categorized in Freedom of information -
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Jennifer Sondag
Jennifer Sondag is the Standards Editor, Americas for Bloomberg News in New York. She began her 14-year career at Bloomberg… -
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David McCumber
David McCumber is Washington Bureau Chief for the Newspaper Division of the Hearst Corporation. McCumber has worked for Hearst in… -
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Appeals court overturns disclosure of government surveillance materials in suspected terrorist's trial
The U.S. Court of Appeals in Chicago (7th Cir.) reversed a trial court ruling that would have reportedly been the…Categorized in Court access -
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Media rights advocates object to Utah court rule revision on video-recording of cases
Utah’s court system began allowing TV cameras, smartphones and laptops into public court proceedings last year, but officials revised that…Categorized in Court access -
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Sixth Circuit: TheDirty.com not liable for user's posts, even when commentary added
Nik Richie, operator of the website TheDirty.com, cannot be held liable for potentially defamatory remarks made by a third-party poster…Categorized in Libel and privacy