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Munchkin caretaker sues National Enquirer for defamation

donal brown June 7, 2011

A caretaker for a former actor who appeared as three Munchkin characters in “The Wizard of Oz” is suing the National Enquirer for an article that said she abused the actor and stole over $1 million from him. In her complaint the caretaker said the Enquirer published a photo of Carroll with bruises on his face and said she was responsible for them and that the allegations were criminal and false and that Enquirer “knew

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Federal judge rules ‘Dirty’ website not libel for inflamatory comments

donal brown June 7, 2011

Even though the operator of the Dirty World website made derogatory comments about a woman, a federal judge in Arizona ruled that the site is not liable for invasion of privacy. The judge applied Missouri privacy law since the woman resided there reasoned that there was no valid claim for public disclosure of private facts because Dirty World LLC did not reveal any private truths since the comments were fabrications according to the woman. -db

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Federal agencies follow no standard in response to Freedom of Information Act requests

donal brown June 7, 2011

A study conducted by The Hill of government responses to the Freedom of Information Act requests revealed no uniform pattern of response. The Hill filed FOIA request for over 70 federal agency FOIA logs and experienced wide variations in compliance. Some agencies sent logs with names but no affiliations. A few agencies complied in days, most in months. The Hill listed the best and worst agencies for FOIA response. -db From an analysis and commentary

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California court rules talk show commentator shielded from libel under fair report privilege

donal brown June 7, 2011

A California court of appeals ruled that when a talk show commentator reported that a former high school principal used school resources to sell ads for a gay magazine, he was exempt from libel charges under a state laws that protects journalists reporting on government matters. The former principal had had earlier lost a ruling in trial court on his claim under the anti-SLAPP law. The appeals court also found that the principal was a

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San Francisco supervisors provoke questions about open meeting violations as set to approve demolition of rental homes

donal brown June 7, 2011

Writing in the online newsaper, Beyond Chron, Dean Preston alleges that the San Francisco Board of Supervisors made back room decisions on a project to demolish 1500 rental homes without allowing for public comment. He said one supervisor negotiated  14 pages of amendments  to an agreement with the developers while the full board refused to delay the matter until the public could read the amendments. That would violate the Brown Act, the state’s open meeting

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