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Another paper uses state shield law to protect online commenters
An Illinois newspaper is using the state shield law to fight a subpoena for the identities of some readers who…Categorized in Protecting sources and materials -
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Court blocks Minnesota law that limits exit polling
A federal judge in Minnesota on Wednesday issued an injunction blocking a state law that would have prohibited news organizations from conducting exit…Categorized in Newsgathering -
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Free Press reporter fights court order to reveal source
A Detroit Free Press reporter ordered to testify about the confidential sources he used to report on a federal investigation…Categorized in Protecting sources and materials -
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Palin administration must preserve Yahoo e-mail, judge says
An Alaska judge on Friday ordered Gov. Sarah Palin’s office to preserve e-mail messages in her private Yahoo accounts, amid a lawsuit filed…Categorized in Freedom of information -
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News outlets push for Katrina-related investigation records
The Louisiana Supreme Court heard arguments Monday in an open-records dispute over documents from a state investigation into the highly…Categorized in Freedom of information -
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News story might be basis for employment defamation lawsuit, court says
A Washington Post article has become caught in the middle of a wrongful termination lawsuit between American University and a…Categorized in Libel and privacy -
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More U.K. media outlets dodge libel verdicts, seek settlements
Even as Congress moves to counterbalance the trans-Atlantic effects of so-called libel tourism, The Guardian reported Thursday that United Kingdom…Categorized in Libel and privacy -
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Senate committee to investigate eavesdropping in Iraq
The Senate Intelligence Committee plans to investigate claims made this week by two former military intelligence officers that they routinely…Categorized in Libel and privacy -
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IRS gives up records, complying with 1976 court order
More than three months after a federal court ordered the Internal Revenue Service to release documents in a decades-old Freedom…Categorized in Freedom of information -
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Judge dismisses New Times lawsuit
A federal judge on Wednesday tossed a lawsuit brought by The Phoenix New Times against the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office over the…Categorized in Newsgathering