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Court allows criminal sanctions for violations of meetings act 11/30/98 TEXAS--Ignorance of open meetings laws is not a valid defense…

Photographer accepts plea agreement over arrest during riot 11/30/98 NEVADA--Former Reno Gazette-Journal photographer Mark Studyvin has pleaded no contest to…

Judge stays enforcement of Internet decency law 11/30/98 PENNSYLVANIA--In mid-November, United States District Judge Lowell Reed in Philadelphia ordered the…

Court rejects proposed rule requiring juror anonymity 11/30/98 WISCONSIN--In mid-November, the Wisconsin Supreme Court in Madison unanimously rejected a measure…

Newspaper should have had access to records in teen drinking case 11/30/98 MASSACHUSETTS--The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court in Boston, the…

Ban on adult-establishment billboards struck down 11/30/98 GEORGIA--A law prohibiting all off-site outdoor advertising by businesses offering adult entertainment violates…

Officials allow Associated Press to reopen news bureau 11/30/98 CUBA--Cuban officials in mid-November approved the reopening of an Associated Press…

Wyoming court bans electronic recording devices 11/30/98 WYOMING--A trial judge in Laramie presiding over the trial of two women charged…

'Neutral report' privilege does not apply to private figures 11/16/98 CALIFORNIA--Members of the news media cannot rely on the "neutral…

Judge restrains newspaper from reporting attorney time records 11/16/98 TENNESSEE--A Knoxville judge in early November upheld its earlier decision to…