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Another court decision in favor of online site in defamation case

donal brown January 3, 2010

A federal appeals court has ruled that the site ConsumerAffairs.com is immune from liability for alleged libel posted on its site by third parties. -DB Online Media Daily December 30, 2009 By Wendy Davis A federal appellate court has backed gripe site ConsumerAffairs.com in a defamation lawsuit filed by a car dealers. The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the federal Communications Decency Act gives the site immunity from liability for libel based on

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Federal court upholds secrecy on surveillance records

donal brown January 2, 2010

A federal appeals court ruled that the government could refuse to confirm or deny the existence of electronic surveillance records as an exception under the Freedom of Information Act. Former Guantanamo Bay detainees had requested records of the warrantless surveillance. -DB JURIST January 01, 2010 By Christian Ehret The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit [official website] on Wednesday ruled [opinion, PDF] that the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Department of Justice

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Two journalist groups want Supreme Court to clarify lower court ruling on publicity rights

donal brown January 1, 2010

Two organizations representing the interests of journalists have asked the Supreme Court to rule that right-of-publicity claims should not apply to photographs that are newsworthy. -DB Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press December 31, 2009 By Amanda Becker The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and the Society for Professional Journalists have filed a friend-of-the-court brief on behalf of Hustler magazine asking the Supreme Court to clarify that right-of-publicity claims should not apply to

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