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WASHINGTON, D.C.--In late July, Vice President Al Gore again called for an "Electronic Bill of Rights" to create new privacy…

TEXAS--In mid-June, a federal district court in Dallas dismissed a lawsuit filed by a woman, the sixth victim of a…

MINNESOTA--In late July the state Supreme Court in St. Paul for the first time recognized the tort of invasion of…

TENTH CIRCUIT--A federal appeals panel in Denver (10th Cir.) held in late July that the public has no right of…

MONTANA--In mid-July the state Supreme Court in Helena affirmed the decision of a trial court in Great Falls that excluded…

School board's use of subcommittee violated meetings law 08/10/98 NEVADA--The Nevada Attorney General's office concluded that the Washoe County School…

Jury finds both Baldwin and photographer were negligent 08/10/98 CALIFORNIA--In late July, a Van Nuys jury decided that both actor…

MICHIGAN--A state appeals court in Lansing concluded in late July that the University of Michigan does not have to disclose…

D.C. CIRCUIT--Noting the "longstanding tradition of public access to court records," a federal appeals panel in Washington D.C. (D.C. Cir.)…

GEORGIA--The public owns Dr. Martin L. King Jr.'s 1963 "I Have a Dream" speech, not his estate, a federal District…