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Federal appeals court tosses libel suit by cat breeders against Internet service provider

donal brown August 12, 2010

The 8th Circuit dismissed a libel suit by Cozy Kittens Cattery against an Internet service provider that ran what they said were defamatory comments about their cat breeding business. -db Online Media Daily August 11, 2010 By Wendy Davis A federal appellate court has upheld a ruling dismissing a libel lawsuit by cat breeders against the Internet service provider InMotion, which hosted a gripe site that contained allegedly defamatory posts by users. The 8th Circuit

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California school district adopts changes to comply with open meeting law

donal brown August 12, 2010

To comply with California’s open meetings law, the Brown Act, the Fillmore Unified School District board of trustees changed its policies on banning recording of its meetings and their requirement that speakers to the board provide an address before making comments. -db m.vcstar.com August 4, 2010 By Cheri Carlson Fillmore Unified School District trustees have made some changes to comply with the state open-meetings law. The district received a warning letter from the Ventura County

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Bell city scandal prompts consideration of government accountability

donal brown August 12, 2010

A Los Angeles Times columnist says the fleecing of the small city of Bell by its own elected officials has prompted a flurry of citizen activity in public records requests. But experience shows that public officials can conjure up a myriad of excuses for and stratagems to withhold information from the public so citizens must persist. -db Los Angeles Times Commentary August 11, 2010 By James Rainey We’re living through the Summer of Bell. The Tony

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Gag order eased for man fighting FBI over warrantless investigation

donal brown August 10, 2010

A president of an Internet service provider can for the first time speak about a gag on his telling anyone he had received an national security letter demanding private customer records. The ACLU argues that without a court order the FBI should at least show individual suspicion before invading the privacy and free speech rights of Internet users. -db American Civil Liberties Union Press Release August 10, 2010 NEW YORK – The FBI has partially

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California appeals court allows publication of courtroom photos

donal brown August 10, 2010

The California Court of Appeal ordered a Superior Court judge to reverse her ban barring the Los Angeles Times from publishing the courtroom photos of a murder suspect. -db Los Angeles Times August 9, 2010 By Andrew Blankstein The California Court of Appeal ordered a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge Monday to abandon her order barring the Los Angeles Times from publishing images of a man accused of a quadruple homicide or show a

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