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Court finds secrecy is crucial for settlement of lawsuits 11/03/97 NEW YORK--A federal judge in Albany, N.Y. in late September…

Newspaper loses suit for tapes of Supervisors' sessions 11/03/97 NEW YORK--Records of Hamilton County Board of Supervisors' sessions do not…

Mayor sues newspaper for $6 million over lost election 11/03/97 ALABAMA--The former mayor of a small town in Alabama filed…

High court won't review denial of access to Justice database 11/03/97 WASHINGTON, D.C.--The U.S. Supreme Court in mid-October refused to…

Justice admits violation of subpoena approval regulations 10/20/97 WASHINGTON, D.C.--The U.S. Department of Justice recently admitted that it violated its…

New law prohibits photographing underwater corpses 10/20/97 MICHIGAN--The lake, it is said, never gives up its dead. Now a new…

Federal agencies must report new details on FOI Act compliance 10/20/97 WASHINGTON, D.C.--The annual reports from federal agencies on how…

Prosecutors drop criminal libel charges against Times reporters 10/20/97 MEXICO--Mexican prosecutors in early October dropped defamation charges against two New…

Patrol officers allowed to talk to media at accident scenes 10/20/97 WYOMING--The Wyoming Highway Patrol in early September adopted a…

School board bars press coverage of Messinger talk 10/20/97 NEW YORK--The New York City Board of Education in late September…