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Supreme Court hears arguments in violent video games case
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in a First Amendment battleground case testing whether a California law banning…Categorized in Prior restraint -
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National security, media discussed at Newseum conference
Members of the media and the intelligence community gathered in the Knight Conference Center at the Newseum Friday for a…Categorized in Newsgathering -
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District court enjoins enforcement of state obscenity law
A federal district court in Massachusetts Tuesday granted a preliminary injunction preventing the enforcement of a Massachusetts statute that criminalizes…Categorized in Content restrictions -
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Kentucky Supreme Court strikes down prior restraint
The Kentucky Supreme Court ruled last week that a court order preemptively prohibiting a private party from making purportedly defamatory…Categorized in Prior restraint -
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Judge upholds reporter's right in first test of Kansas shield
In a victory for the state’s five-month-old shield law, a Kansas trial court ruled Tuesday that a reporter for The…Categorized in Protecting sources and materials -
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Court broadens protection in first anti-SLAPP case
The Illinois Supreme Court ruled last week that public speech about building developers is protected under the state’s recently enacted…Categorized in Libel and privacy -
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Sex offender registry processes off limits in Connecticut
The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the process by which some sex offenders’ names can remain off the public…Categorized in Freedom of information -
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Illinois court upholds dismissal of coach's defamation suit
The Illinois Appellate Court this week upheld a lower court’s ruling in a defamation case, granting a motion to dismiss…Categorized in Libel and privacy -
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Fifth Circuit upholds public's right to court documents
A federal appeals court Wednesday ordered the disclosure of a Texas district court ruling that had been filed under seal,…Categorized in Court access -
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Budget, interagency issues limit influence of OGIS
Limited funding and difficulty working with the sprawling federal FOIA bureaucracy constrained the Office of Government Information Services in its…Categorized in Freedom of information