Citizens Media Law Project explains decision in Oregon blogger’s defamation lawsuit

Commentary about the decision a federal judge made in a defamation suit about a blogger not protected by the Oregon shield law is based on an erroneous reading of the decision, writes Eric P. Robinson for the Citizens Media Law Project.

“He did not deny Cox the protection of the shield law primarily because she is a blogger, but because she tried to use the shield law in a way that courts have rejected,” writes Robinson.

From a commentary for the Citizens Media Law Project, December 12, 2011, by Eric P. Robinson.

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