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Washington appellate court upholds political speech and discovery provision under anti-SLAPP statute
A Washington state appellate court reversed the denial of an anti-SLAPP motion, holding that “speech connected to a political campaign…
May 6, 2014
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Lawyer who released texts to paper faces possible contempt
An attorney who opposes an Ohio city prosecutor accused of racial discrimination is facing possible contempt charges after he released…
February 27, 2012
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Federal court rules to keep Calif. fire documents public
A federal trial court in California granted a newspaper's request for documents in a civil lawsuit involving a 2007 forest…
February 2, 2012
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Court grants freelancer's motion to protect hard drive
The Supreme Court of Texas on Friday granted a journalist's emergency motion to temporarily suspend a lower court's order to…
September 15, 2009
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Judge: Sept. 11 records will likely remain sealed for now
A Manhattan judge considering whether to unseal approximately one million pages of documents related to the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks…
March 26, 2009
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Oral arguments slated over Sept. 11 documents
A Manhattan federal court will hear oral arguments Wednesday on whether more than a million pages of documents related to the…
March 24, 2009
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Media groups push for access to AMD v. Intel case, yet again
For the second time in nearly three years, a coalition of news groups and the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the…
August 21, 2008
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