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Reporters Committee and historians win bid to unseal grand jury transcripts from historic 1942 leak investigation of The Chicago Tribune
Transcripts of witness testimony from a historic 1942 grand jury investigation of the Chicago Tribune are now public, following a…Categorized in Court Access -
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Reporters Committee and media coalition move to unseal prosecutions of Colombian paramilitary leaders
A coalition of media organizations and journalists led by the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press has filed petitions…Categorized in Court Access -
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Grand jury secrecy comes at a cost
Two new lawsuits are challenging the continued secrecy of the grand jury investigations related to the deaths of Michael Brown…Categorized in Court Access -
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Federal court declines to unseal records on investigation into Wisconsin Republican campaign finances
A district court in Wisconsin denied a motion to unseal documents last week in a lawsuit attempting to end an…Categorized in Court Access -
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Colorado court refuses to close jury selection process in Holmes theater-shooting case
A Colorado district court judge on Wednesday rejected the defendant’s request to close the jury selection process for the Aurora…Categorized in Court Access -
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Records in corporate challenge to government product-safety database must be open
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit instructed a Maryland district court yesterday to…Categorized in Court Access -
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Judge unseals records in Holmes case; hearing Wed. will determine if reporter must testify about source
The new judge presiding over the James Holmes trial unsealed the highly coveted search and arrest warrants in the case…Categorized in Court Access -
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Appeals court blocks journalist's attempt to access AIG consultant reports
A federal appeals court Friday denied a journalist access to reports on American International Group (AIG) prepared by an independent…Categorized in Court Access -
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Judge denies request to make gas drilling settlement public
A Pennsylvania judge denied a request by two Pittsburgh-area newspapers to make public documents relating to a settlement between several…Categorized in Court Access