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Bloggers cut from senate shield law

donal brown September 29, 2009

Under both House and Senate versions of the federal shield law, only employed journalists will be protected. A former Christian Science Monitor editor says the failure to include citizen journalists ignores the reality of the modern era and who provides accurate, up-to-date news. -DB Citizen Media Law Project Commentary September 28, 2009 By Arthur Bright For citizen journalists, the federal shield law front was looking good for a while. Although the House of Representatives version

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Nonprofits step up in fight against use of lawsuits to stifle free speech

donal brown September 29, 2009

OMB Watch writes that nonprofit organizations have made strong contributions recently in curbing meritless lawsuits to silence and punish people entering the public arena. A congressional representative is planning to introduce anti-SLAPP legislation soon. -DB OMB Watch September 29, 2009 Nonprofit organizations have recently been active in efforts to prevent the use of lawsuits designed to discourage public participation. Nonprofits across the country have played a role in the campaign to eliminate Strategic Lawsuits Against Public

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Community college considers firing employee for providing information under public records act

donal brown September 29, 2009

The Peralta Community College district may fire an executive assistant to the vice chancellor over information the assistant is alleged to have provided to the press about payments in a non-bid contract to the chancellor’s longtime business partner. The newspaper involved denied receiving any information. -DB Contra Costa Times September 28, 2009 By Matt Krupnick and Thomas Peele Peralta Community College District trustees will decide tonight whether to fire an employee it says gave the

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University of Colorado denies football press passes to websites that post anonymous comments

donal brown September 29, 2009

INDenver Times no longer runs comments on football stories in their online edition in response to University of Colorado’s policy to refuse press passes to websites who allow pseudonymous posts or anonymous comments. The university is concerned about defamatory and irresponsible comments about players and coaches. -DB Denver Westword Denver New Blog September 25, 2009 By Michael Roberts A sharp-eyed reader noticed an odd editor’s note at the bottom of an INDenver Times account about the CU

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Securities Exchange Commission baselessly refusing to release documents

donal brown September 28, 2009

When a requester asked for copies from the SEC of internal news clips, the SEC cited the Copyright act as the statute allowing them to refuse the request, when, case law says the Copyright act may not be used to block access. -DB The FOIA Blog Commentary September 25, 2009 By Scott A. Hodes I have been informed that the SEC is blatantly ignoring FOIA Case Law and DOJ Guidance on basic requests for information;

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