Shield Law

Four prominent Bush administration officials sent letters this week to Senate leadership speaking out against the proposed Free Flow of…

Media attorney Jeff Portnoy met with prosecutors and the Hawaii Attorney General’s Office this morning to try and come to…

A Phoenix TV station didn’t waive its right under the state shield law and doesn’t have to reveal the source…

The Minnesota Supreme Court rejected a prosecutor’s effort to force The Free Press [Mankato, Minn.] to turn over its unpublished…

This week, Kansas' Senate Judiciary Committee heard testimony from supporters of a  proposed shield law (Senate Bill 313).  State Senate…

Maine's House Judiciary Committee has approved a shield law that would protect journalists from being forced to reveal their confidential…

Attorneys for former USA Today reporter Toni Locy will ask a federal appeals court today for a stay of a…

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) sent a letter to party leaders on Thursday calling…

Alabama state Sen. Jabo Waggoner is sponsoring a bill that would protect magazine writers from revealing confidential sources in court.

Tennessee’s shield law may be put to the test if blogger Thaddeus Matthews is subpoenaed in connection to a leak…