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Berkeley symposium on investigative reporting explores problems and promise

donal brown April 20, 2010

The 4th Annual Investigative Reporting Symposium at UC Berkeley hosted panels of journalists and media executives who discussed the perils of  investigative reporting, their struggles with financing  and new ways of collaborating with rivals in diverse types of media that  are already producing results. -db MediaShift April 17, 2010 By Chris O’Brien BERKELEY — I’m settling into a large auditorium at the University of California-Berkeley for the 4th Annual Reva and David Logan Investigative Reporting

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Supreme Court hears arguments in Christian group suit against state university law school

donal brown April 20, 2010

The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a case pitting a Christian Legal Society barring gay students against the law school that requires campus groups to admit all students regardless of status or beliefs. Much of the sessions dwelled on whether the university nondiscrimination policy applied evenly to all groups and was “viewpoint neutral.” -db The National Law Journal April 20, 2010 By Tony Mauro The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in a

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Senate committee approves bill to speed freedom of information requests

donal brown April 19, 2010

The Senate Judiciary Committee approved the Faster Freedom of Information Act, a law that would establish a commission to study the problem of delays in FOIA requests and recommend changes to speed the process. -db CREW April 15, 2010 By Jeremy Miller Today the Senate Judiciary Committee approved the Faster Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), bipartisan legislation sponsored by Senators Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and John Cornyn (R-Tx), that would establish an advisory commission to examine

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Spying scandal: Suburban Philadelphia school district took thousands of webcam images of students

donal brown April 19, 2010

According to court filings, the Lower Merion School District used district-issued Macbooks to spy on its students, taking thousands of webcam images of students without their knowledge. -db Wired April 16, 2010 By David Kravets A webcam spying scandal at a suburban Philadelphia school district is broadening, with lawyers claiming the district secretly snapped thousands of webcam images of students using school-issued laptops without the pupils’ knowledge or consent. Some of the images included pictures

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California state court rules suit over organic label not SLAPP

donal brown April 19, 2010

The First District Court of Appeals rules that a suit brought by a trade organization over certification of beauty products as “organic” did not deprive a company of its right to free speech. -db Metropolitan News-Enterprise April 15, 2010 By Sherri M. Okamoto An action seeking to enjoin a trade organization from certifying beauty and personal care products as meeting the group’s standards as “organic” was not a strategic lawsuit against public participation, the First

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