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FCC fines broadcast company for violating telephone broadcast rule, despite conversation not being aired
A Maryland radio station and its parent company was fined $2,000 by the Federal Communications Commission for recording the beginning…Categorized in Content restrictions -
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Va. court avoids ruling on access to sealed records in child murder case
A Virginia appellate court avoided deciding if a newspaper had a right of access to trial exhibits in a child…Categorized in Court access -
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New York court finds scientific hypotheses are not libelous
A federal court in Buffalo said last week that peer-reviewed journals, not courtrooms, are the proper place to vet scientific…Categorized in Libel and privacy -
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Federal appeals court dismisses Chicago Tribune's open records suit against Univ. of Ill.
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals in Chicago (7th Cir.) today ordered the dismissal of an open…Categorized in Freedom of information -
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Reporters Committee launches search for executive director
CONTACT: Steering Committee Chairman Tony Mauro, tmauro@alm.com The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, a non-profit legal defense and advocacy…Categorized in Announcements -
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N.H. high court rules fire marshal may withhold records under law enforcement exemption
The New Hampshire Supreme Court ruled yesterday that the state fire marshal may withhold certain records from a fire investigation…Categorized in Freedom of information -
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Anti-terrorism law infringes First Amendment rights, court finds
A federal judge in New York recently halted enforcement of a controversial section of an anti-terrorism bill that the court…Categorized in Prior restraint -
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Federal court finds Bloomberg's publication of copyrighted conference call recording to be fair use
A federal court last week rejected a copyright infringement lawsuit against Bloomberg L.P. for its unauthorized publication of a conference…Categorized in Content restrictions -
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Federal appeals court rules government may withhold CIA interrogation, waterboarding records
A federal appeals court ruled yesterday that the government may withhold certain records relating to the Central Intelligence Agency’s use…Categorized in Freedom of information