Shield Law

In the first ruling under Wisconsin’s new shield law, a judge denied the state Department of Justice’s request to subpoena…

Documentary filmmakers are fighting a subpoena that would require them to hand over outtakes and notes, claiming that they are…

The U.S. government announced it will not subpoena journalists as witnesses in the prosecution of a former intelligence officer who…

The University of California Berkeley Police Department has settled with an independent photographer who sued the department after he was…

In an attempt to "deter and detect" officials leaking information to news media organizations, the head of the country's intelligence…

A New Jersey judge ruled once again that a blogger is not protected under the state's shield law, rejecting her…

A Texas state judge recently ordered a local website publisher to turn over e-mail messages and other newsgathering materials, finding…

A former reporter for The Wall Street Journal is protected from testifying in a lawsuit between the financial firm Goldman…

Writers for a technology blog that published leaked photos of an unreleased Motorola Droid smartphone do not qualify as a…