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Outing of anonymous Web writer in defamation suit prompts confusion
It was news enough earlier this month when two Yale law students publicly outed an anonymous message board writer they…Categorized in Libel and privacy -
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Deputy poses as Newsweek reporter to ID anonymous source
A sheriff's deputy in North Carolina posed as a Newsweek reporter to coax an anonymous source out of a local…Categorized in Newsgathering -
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Muncie mayor tells city workers not to talk to the press
The mayor of Muncie, Ind. has clamped down on city employees who would speak to reporters, issuing a memo banning such…Categorized in Freedom of information -
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Bill would allow media access to casket-arrival ceremonies at Dover
Five years after the Department of Defense broadened its ban on press coverage of flag-draped caskets arriving at Dover Air…Categorized in Newsgathering -
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New lawsuits take on RNC protest plans
A month after a federal judge turned down a protest group's bid to get closer to the Republican National Convention site in St.…Categorized in Newsgathering -
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N.Y. touches up its open government laws
It's a sunny summer for government in New York, where Gov. David Paterson has signed off on a bundle of updates to the…Categorized in Freedom of information -
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Reports are in of journalists being harassed, detained in China
With the Olympics underway, reports are streaming in from China this week of foreign journalists being detained, having photos deleted…Categorized in Newsgathering -
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Las Vegas Realtor sues USA Today for libel over mortgage fraud story
A Las Vegas Realtor is suing USA Today for libel, saying a June 3 article about mortgage fraud tarnished her reputation…Categorized in Libel and privacy -
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Judge unseals Exxon opinion
A federal trial court judge in Washington, D.C. unsealed a previous ruling in a civil lawsuit against Exxon Mobil Oil…Categorized in Court access -
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Okla. newspaper uncovers more than 2,000 court cases sealed
Parts of more than 2,000 court cases in Oklahoma were sealed between 2003 and 2007, including divorce documents, wrongful death settlements…Categorized in Court access