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Court upholds ban on death-row interviews
A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld a regulation barring prisoners on death row in the federal system from meeting…Categorized in Newsgathering -
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Supreme Court to decide animal-cruelty video case
The Supreme Court will decide next term whether the First Amendment applies to recordings and pictures that depict animal cruelty.…Categorized in Prior restraint -
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OMB redactions found to exceed FOIA exemptions in records case
Much of the information the Office of Management and Budget refused to give a public watchdog group as requested must…Categorized in Freedom of information -
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Stars and Stripes reporter banned from embed
A reporter for the military newspaper Stars and Stripes has been banned from returning to his embedded post with an…Categorized in Newsgathering -
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Louisiana House passes records bill
The Louisiana Senate is on deck again to vote on language the House approved for a bill that would publicize…Categorized in Freedom of information -
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Las Vegas paper to comply with narrowed subpoena
Even as the Las Vegas Review-Journal said it will cooperate with a narrowed subpoena from federal prosecutors for information about…Categorized in Protecting sources and materials -
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Court denies request to keep boy's medical records sealed
A request from a Minnesota boy and his parents for a court order sealing his medical records was denied last…Categorized in Court access -
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Free Press fights former prosecutor's 'fishing expedition'
In a court filing Monday, the Detroit Free Press accused former U.S. prosecutor Richard Convertino of conducting a "quintessential fishing…Categorized in Protecting sources and materials -
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Dept. of Justice takes up Bush arguments in FOIA case
The Obama Justice Department has advanced yet another Bush administration argument in a government transparency case, this time pushing to…Categorized in Freedom of information -
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Trade group tries to block release of private plane data
A trade group went to court this week trying to block the Federal Aviation Administration from going forward with a…Categorized in Freedom of information