Daily Archives: October 29, 2019

California Assembly Backs Federal Reporter-Source Privilege Law

· Story link Click Here: New Zealand rugby store The California State Assembly adopted a resolution supporting a federal reporter-source privilege law. The vote was 38-0. “We just sent Washington a unified message to protect a free press,” said Assembly member Noreen Evans, D-SantaRosa. California has had a shield law since 1935. (8/31/07)

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Senate Judiciary Committee tweaks federal shield bill

The Senate Judiciary Committee presented modifications to the bill that would create a federal shield law this morning in an ongoing effort to reach a compromise between the supporters and opponents of the proposed legislation. Click Here: kenzo online españa Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY), who is among the Free Flow of Information Act’s bipartisan co-sponsors, […]

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Florida Drops Efforts to Have Times-Union Reporter Subpoenaed

The Florida attorney general has dropped its efforts to compel a reporter’s testimony in the ongoing case against a former aide to the state’s lieutenant governor. Attorney General Pam Bondi withdrew an appeal Wednesday of a trial judge’s November order, which said that Florida Times-Union reporter Matt Dixon could not be compelled to testify in […]

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