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Utah state senators voted Monday in favor of legislation sealing public records that are either being used in an open investigation or could be…

The Association of Health Care Journalists is looking for a little change it can believe in, pushing the Obama administration to…

A federal jury in Hawaii ruled in favor of The Surfer's Journal last week in a libel lawsuit that had been brought by…

A California appellate court has ruled that coroner and autopsy records can be considered investigatory files when used by a local agency for law enforcement purposes. The…

Just when it seemed journalists had staked out anew the freedom to cover high school sports, a new legal battle has…

The Arkansas Supreme Court will soon decide whether the fair report privilege protects a local newspaper from a plaintiff's claims that it…

A blogger fighting a sweepingly broad subpoena that is seeking the identities of hundreds of his readers filed a motion…

U.S. District Judge Robert Cleland has granted Detroit Free Press reporter David Ashenfelter’s request to submit an in-camera affidavit explaining his…

A federal judge who said she would allow live Internet streaming of a court proceeding in a file-sharing case may be preparing to…

Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his onetime chief of staff, Christine Beatty, have lost their bid to keep private un-redacted copies…