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Tulare County: Judge rules for supervisors on alleged open meeting violations

donal brown August 24, 2010

A superior Judge ruled against a newspaper’s suit against Tulare County Board of Supervisors, holding that there was no proof that business was conducted at lunches paid for by taxpayers. -db Visalia Times-Delta August 24, 2010 By Valerie Gibbons A Tulare County Superior Court judge ruled Monday that a lawsuit seeking to stop the county Board of Supervisors from meeting over lunches lacks sufficient facts to go to trial. Judge Melinda Reed ruled that there

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San Bernardino: Wife of ex-sheriff ruled a private citizen in libel suit

donal brown August 24, 2010

In a multimillion-dollar libel suit against Valley Wide Newspapers, the  plaintiff,the wife of a former sheriff won a ruling that she was not a public figure, athough she had a contract with San Bernardino County to provide counseling services to sheriff’s deputies. -db San Bernardino Sun August 23, 2010 By Mike Cruz A Superior Court judge ruled that the wife of former Sheriff Gary Penrod was just a private citizen – and not a public

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Federal court affirms greater speech freedom for college students

donal brown August 23, 2010

The Third Circuit Court of Appeals struck down a university’s strict speech codes, and in so doing made a distinction between university standards and standards limiting speech in high schools and elementary schools in recognition that adults in universities should enjoy the freedom to engage in unfettered debate and discourse. -db FIRE Commentary August 20, 2010 Posted by Erica Goldberg On Wednesday, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling reaffirming that greater speech

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Government transparency: Single pool of storage could save money and allow better access

donal brown August 23, 2010

Deluged by data, the federal government looks to virtualized storage to create a single pool of storage capacity controlled from a central console making it easier to retrieve data. -db NextGov August 23, 2010 By Carolyn Duffy Marsan The federal government is awash in data. And it’s expanding at rates faster than chief information officers can count. No one knows exactly how much information agencies have stored in their far-flung databases, but experts say it’s

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California judge rules against court in attempt to block publication of courtroom photos

donal brown August 23, 2010

A superior court judge ruled that the Los Angeles Times could publish photos of a murder defendant taken with the court’s permission. The judge said the attempt to bar the photos was unconstitutional prior restraint. -db Metropolitan News-Enterprise August 20, 2010 By Kenneth Ofgang A Los Angeles Superior Court judge’s order barring publication of photos that were taken of a defendant in the courtroom with the jurist’s permission is an unconstitutional prior restraint, the Court

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