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Tenn. reporter barred from covering case in which he’s a witness
Tennessee investigative reporter Phil Williams, who is scheduled to testify against a former senator, and his news station are challenging…
July 10, 2008
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Swiss bank drops suit against Wikileaks
Less than a week after U.S. District Judge Jeffrey S. White lifted an injunction against the whistleblower Web site Wikileaks,…
March 6, 2008
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Leaks Web site ordered shut down
Last week a federal judge ordered a Web site that posts leaked material to disable itself entirely before coming back…
February 19, 2008
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Nevada court ruled Kucinich could be excluded from debate
The Nevada Supreme Court ruled that MSNBC was not required to include long-shot presidential hopeful Dennis Kucinich in its Tuesday night…
January 16, 2008
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Save your name calling for the trial
A rare prior restraint on speech has turned up in an unlikely place -- a divorce case -- with a…
January 10, 2008
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Judge moved by report on homeless to drop contempt charges
After holding a reporter in contempt of court for airing an interview with a potential juror in the high-profile trial…
December 4, 2007
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Student speech protections diminish in 5th Circuit
A high school student's diary containing comments promoting violence against homosexual and minority students and laying out plans for Columbine-like…
December 3, 2007
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