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Obama approves US ‘libel tourist’ laws

FAC August 11, 2010

President Barack Obama has signed into law new legislation protecting US writers from foreign libel judgements. August 11, 2010 By BBC The Speech Act, recently passed by Congress, makes foreign libel rulings virtually unenforceable in US courts. The act targets “libel tourists” who launch cases in countries whose legal systems are considered far more claimant-friendly, such as the UK. In the UK defendants must prove statements are true, whereas in the US claimants have to

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Renee Dudley Wins Pulliam First Amendment Award

FAC August 11, 2010

Renee Dudley, a reporter for The Post and Courier, Charleston, S.C., has won the 2010 Eugene S. Pulliam First Amendment Award, presented by the Sigma Delta Chi Foundation, the educational branch of the Society of Professional Journalists. August 11, 2010 By Editor and Publisher Recognizing a person or organization that has fought to preserve one or more of the rights guaranteed by the First Amendment, the award and accompanying $10,000 prize are given in memory

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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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Lawyer: Finance firms’ suit not free-speech attack

FAC August 9, 2010

A ruling forcing a website to delay releasing the research findings of financial firms is not an attack on free speech and would not lead to widespread attacks on the media, a lawyer for financial companies that sued the website told federal appeals court judges Friday. AP August 9, 2010 By  Larry Neumeister NEW YORK —Attorney Bruce Rich told a three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that several financial services firms

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