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CALIFORNIA--While California Sen. John Burton's anti-paparazzi bill passed the state senate and is awaiting action in the assembly, a similar…

NEW YORK--In early May, a federal district judge in Manhattan presiding over a highly publicized Mafia trial decided to seal…

'Thin-skinned' judge loses appeal of libel suit dismissal 06/15/98 NINTH CIRCUIT--A state court judge could not sue ABC for libel…

RHODE ISLAND--In late May, the Supreme Court in Providence unanimously struck down a lower court's policy that sealed all court…

NEW YORK--Names of Schenectady police officers who were disciplined for throwing eggs at a car during an officer's bachelor party…

MISSISSIPPI--At a late-May hearing organized by civil rights leaders, Jackson Advocate Publisher Charles Tisdale testified that he believes a conspiracy…

MASSACHUSETTS--In mid-May a state court in Salem held that the state's anti-SLAPP law protects the news media against some libel…

Critics claim copyright treaty would eliminate 'fair use' 06/15/98 WASHINGTON, D.C.--The House Subcommittee on Commerce and Telecommunications is currently reviewing…

WASHINGTON--A booking photograph and police report of the May 1997 arrest of a city attorney must be disclosed to The…

Reporters Committee Executive Director Jane E. Kirtley testified June 9 before the House Subcommittee on Government Management, Information and Technology…