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Supreme Court ruling on employer montoring of e-mail messages leaves intact right of public’s right to know

donal brown June 21, 2010

While ruling that  an Ontario police department armed with a legitimate purpose had the right to inspect an officer’s text messages, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the pubic’s right to know under the California Public Records Act. The Court said that police officers should realize their writings may be subject to public viewing. -db Washington Post June 18, 2010 By Robert Barnes A hesitant Supreme Court waded cautiously into a question that arises daily in workplaces

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Online news provider settles libel suit with motorcycle manufacturer

donal brown June 17, 2010

Calling a libel suit “trival”, Gawker Media agreed to a settlement with Confederate Motors wherein Jalopnik deleted a post saying Confederate faced so many lawsuits it couldn’t conduct business in New York.-db Online Media Daily June 16, 2010 By Wendy Davis Gawker Media has settled a libel lawsuit filed against Jalopnik by deleting a post alleging that Confederate Motors faced so many lawsuits that it couldn’t conduct business in New York. The auto blog also

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California court unseals records in murder of eight-year-old

donal brown June 17, 2010

Weighing the family’s right to privacy to the public’s right to know, a Superior Court judge released most of the records sought by the media pertaining to last year’s murder of an eight-year-old girl. The judge withheld autopsy photos. -db Tracy Press Jun 14, 2010 By Jaclyn Hirsch STOCKTON, Calif.  — Judge Linda Lofthus decided this afternoon to unseal most of the grand jury transcript and most of the evidence that police used to charge

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China filtering rather than blocking Google

donal brown June 17, 2010

Observers are saying China is balancing its censorship policy with pragmatic needs to allow access to Google. -db The Digital Daily Feed June 15, 2010 By John Paczkowski Rather than rejecting it outright, China is adapting to Google’s new approach to the country, working toward a balance that keeps access to Google.com.hk (a redirect from Google.cn) open while honoring Beijing’s longstanding commitment to censorship–sorry,“freedom of speech…in accordance with the law.” That’s the gist of a

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New federal law requires textbook publishers to disclose prices of texts

donal brown June 17, 2010

As of July 1, the Higher Education Opportunity Act  requires textbook publishers to provide detailed information to student journalists investigating high prices and to professors making textbook selections. The law is expected to bring more flexibility in providing affordable textbooks to students. -db Student Press Law Center June 15, 2010 By Kelsey Ryan A new federal law mandating greater transparency in the sale and pricing of textbooks will take effect July 1. As a provision

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