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Police department agrees to implement recording rights guidelines in settlement with videographer
New York’s Suffolk County Police Department agreed to take new measures to instruct police on citizens’ recording rights in a…Categorized in Newsgathering -
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New York City settles for $18 million over RNC arrests of journalists, protesters
The city of New York has reached an $18 million settlement over the arrest of roughly 1,800 protesters, journalists, and…Categorized in Newsgathering -
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Journalist reaches settlement in defamation case with Haitian prime minister
Haitian-American journalist Leo Joseph reached a settlement in the defamation case against him brought by Haitian Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe.…Categorized in Prior Restraint -
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Pa. appeals court rules newspapers can pursue sealed records in fracking settlement
Two newspapers can now argue for the unsealing of settlement documents in a secretive fracking lawsuit, a Pennsylvania appeals court…Categorized in Court Access -
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Reporters Committee lauds federal court's ruling that secret Del. court arbitration is unconstitutional
A federal judge in Delaware stood up for the right to be informed about important disputes that may affect public…Categorized in Court Access -
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Reporters Committee lauds federal court’s ruling that secret Del. court arbitration is unconstitutional
A federal judge in Delaware stood up for the right to be informed about important disputes that may affect public…By RCFPCategorized in Court Access -
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Journalist settles with city of Pittsburgh over wrongful arrest during G-20 summit in 2009
The city of Pittsburgh settled a federal lawsuit with a journalist who claimed he was arrested and wrongfully detained under…Categorized in Newsgathering -
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UC Berkeley police settle with unlawfully arrested photographer for $162,500; more police training
The University of California Berkeley Police Department has settled with an independent photographer who sued the department after he was…Categorized in Protecting Sources and Materials -
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Open government lawyer: Delaware court's disclosure of arbitration judgments does not satisfy access right
A Delaware court that oversees arbitration between private companies has begun making its judgments public, after a court order in…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