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An Indiana newspaper will have to fork over $1.5 million in damages after losing a libel suit brought by a local…

The New York Times this weekend took up the story of Zoriah Miller, a freelance photographer and blogger who was kicked…

The highest court in New Jersey on Tuesday upheld a 45-day appeal window for actions brought under the state’s open…

A federal judge in California ruled Thursday that Washington Times reporter Bill Gertz will not  have to testify about confidential…

A federal judge in New York decided Tuesday not to release the grand jury testimony of a crucial witness in Ethel Rosenberg's…

Washington Times reporter Bill Gertz told a federal court Tuesday that protecting the confidentiality of his sources is "absolutely essential"…

Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.) and Attorney General Michael Mukasey sparred over the proposed federal shield law Wednesday during Mukasey’s testimony…

The domestic and international blogging communities are increasingly facing lawsuits and threats of legal action, the Christian Science Monitor reported on…

Two Democratic lawmakers are looking to hold private prisons housing federal inmates to the same Freedom of Information Act standards…

Two U.S. senators introduced legislation this week that would remove the Smithsonian's exemption from the Freedom of Information Act and…