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Subpoenas for riot photos, tapes once again thrown out 05/31/99 MICHIGAN–A state trial judge in East Lansing declined in late May to throw out the second round of subpoenas issued against journalists for unpublished photographs of March riots at Michigan State University. The first group of subpoenas were dismissed by the state Supreme Court in […]

NMU CALIFORNIA Confidentiality/Privilege Dec 17, 2002 Publishing company sues over newsroom search A legal publisher sued Los Angeles District Attorney Steve Cooley, claiming violations of a federal search law and interference with publishing caused by a newsroom search earlier this year. The Metropolitan News Company, publisher of the Metropolitan News-Enterprise, a legal newspaper in Los […]

Click:florist wholesale online NMU CALIFORNIA Confidentiality/Privilege Jan 21, 2000 Journalist ordered to jail for protecting sources Refusing to reveal the identity of sources could land the editor and publisher of a weekly newspaper in jail for five days. An editor and publisher of a California weekly newspaper was ordered by a state trial court last […]

News Media Update SECOND CIRCUIT Confidentiality/Privilege Feb. 25, 2005 Reporters’ phone records protected in Islamic charities investigation A reporter’s privilege based on the First Amendment and common law protects two journalists’ telephone records from grand jury subpoena, a federal district judge held. Feb. 25, 2005 — U.S. District Judge Robert W. Sweet of Manhattan ruled […]

Former USA Today reporter Toni Locy urged the U.S. Circuit Court of Appealsin Washington on Thursdaynot to throw out her case seeking a reporter’s privilege to keep her sources confidential. Locy became embroiled in the legal battle after reporting about Steven Hatfill, the former Army scientist who was investigated in the 2001 anthrax attacks but […]

A representative from the Transportation Security Administration visited the home of a second blogger this week to serve a subpoeana seeking the source of a security directive that was posted on the blogger’s Web site, Wired reported. Click Here: New Zealand rugby store A TSA agent visited the home of Steven Frischling Tuesday night — […]

Oct. 4, 2007 · For the first time ever, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to send a federal reporter’s shield bill out of committee and to the Senate floor for a vote. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) presided over a markup session Thursday that ended with a 15-2 vote that sent the […]

In a hunt for the source ofa grand jury leak, lawyers for aPennsylvania casino ownerhave demanded that15 reporters, including several from The Philadelphia Inquirer and The Associated Press,turn over their notes and personal cell phone bills. The subpoenas are part of a judge’s hearing into whether a special prosecutor should be appointed to investigate the […]

Houston Astros’ Michael Brantley hits an RBI single during the third inning of Game 3 of the baseball World Series against the Washington Nationals in Washington. The Houston Astros beat the Washington Nationals 4-1 in Game 3 of the 2019 World Series in a game they had to win, breaking the Nationals’ eight-game winning streak […]

Louisville, Ky. — The NFCA is pleased to announce the winners of the 2019 Turface Athletics / NFCA Field of the Year award. Garnering recognition are Jane Sanders Stadium (University of Oregon), Triton Softball Field (University of California San Diego), Hoff Field/Luther College Softball Stadium, Grizzly Softball Complex (Georgia Gwinnett), Lady Viking Field (Grayson County […]