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Key US Senate panel backs ‘libel tourism’ bill

FAC July 13, 2010

The libel tourism measure would prevent US federal courts from recognizing or enforcing  foreign judgments for defamation, inconsistent with the first amendment of the US Constitution, which guarantees freedom of speech. -SMD News By AFP WASHINGTON — A key US Senate panel on Tuesday approved a bill to shield US journalists, authors, and publishers from “libel tourists” who file suit in countries where they expect to get the most favorable ruling. The Senate Judiciary Committee,

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First Amendment areas proposed for INTRUST Bank Arena [VIDEO]

FAC July 13, 2010

Sedgwick County, Kansas, is setting up three permanent First Amendment areas for protesters to gather at will– SMD KWCH 12 Eyewitness News July 13, 2010 By Rebecca Gannon The next time you head to an event at Wichita’s INTRUST Bank Arena, watch where you walk. On Wednesday, Sedgwick County Officials will ask certain areas be protected — for protestors. Since the Intrust Bank Arena opened in January, more than 288,600 people have gone to a show

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China Renews Google’s License

FAC July 12, 2010

Google said that Beijing agreed to renew the company’s license to operate a Web site in mainland China, months after Google said it would stop censoring search results in China. Google’s challenge of Beijing’s authority, which followed a series of sophisticated online attacks which Google said originated in China, put into question Google’s ability to do any business in the world’s largest Internet market. Google’s chief executive, Eric E. Schmidt, said Friday that the renewal

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7th Circuit holds blogger can be prosecuted for threatening juror

FAC July 12, 2010

The federal Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held in late June that a blogger can be prosecuted for threatening and posting personal information about a juror who had helped convict a leader of a white supremacist organization. -SMD Citizen Media Law Project News July 12, 2010 By Eric P. Robinson An alleged white supremacist can be prosecuted under a federal solicitation statute for posting on his blog the name, address and photograph of a juror

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Guam Board of Allied Health Examiners bans recording devices from board meetings

FAC July 12, 2010

No recording devices or cell phones are allowed at the Government of Guam Board Meetings, according to a recent Guam Board Resolution. Senator Tina Muña Barnes accuses GBAHE of violating the First Amendment. -SMD Pacific News Center News July 12, 2010 By Guam News Guam – Senator Tina Muña Barnes has written a letter to Attorney General John Weisenberger seeking an opinion on the legality of a Guam Board of Allied Health Examiners [ GBAHE

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