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News Media Update RHODE ISLAND Confidentiality/Privilege TV reporter found in contempt for refusing to disclose source A federal judge found reporter Jim Taricani in contempt of court yesterday for failing to reveal the name of the person who gave WJAR-TV a videotape of an FBI sting operation. March 17, 2004 — A federal judge in […]
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News Media Update WASHINGTON, D.C. Confidentiality/Privilege One journalist testifies, another subpoenaed again in Plame case Time magazine reporter Matthew Cooper has been subpoenaed a second time in the Plame leak investigation, while subpoenaed Washington Post reporter Walter Pincus has testified by deposition without revealing his confidential source after the source revealed his or her identity […]
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NMU SEVENTH CIRCUIT Confidentiality/Privilege Click Here: habitat tord boontje Federal appeals court denies reporter’s privilege protection Explaining its decision not to stay a trial court’s order compelling disclosure of three reporters’ notes, a U.S. Court of Appeals in Chicago (7th Cir.) refused to recognize a reporter’s privilege for nonconfidential materials under the First Amendment. Aug. […]
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NMU MINNESOTA Confidentiality/Privilege Nov 20, 2001 Reporter challenges $200-a-day contempt of court order A sports reporter was held in contempt of court for refusing to reveal anonymous sources who made critical comments about a high school football coach. A sports reporter for a weekly newspaper in suburban St. Paul, Minn., will appeal a judge’s order […]
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The Reporters Committee, joined by a coalition of 38 other media organizations, filed a friend-of-the-court brief last week in support of a Patch.com reporter in Chicago who was ordered to testify about his confidential source in a murder trial. Reporter Joseph Hosey was ordered to reveal the identity of the source who supplied him with […]
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· 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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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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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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The Spurs international will be required to enrol in the military unless he is able to win the Asian Games with South Korea There is much more than just a gold medal at stake for Tottenham star Son Heung-min when heads into the Asian Games final against Japan on Saturday. The South Korea winger headed […]
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The Manchester United defender suffered a double fracture in September 2015, with some dark days taken in during a long road to recovery Manchester United defender Luke Shaw has revealed that he almost lost his right leg after suffering a double fracture during a Champions League clash with PSV in September 2015. The England international […]
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