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California appeals court reinstates whistleblower suit against San Diego State

donal brown January 14, 2010

In a case involving a San Diego State strength coach’s whistleblower testimony about the head football coach, the appeals court held that an allegation based on hearsay was made in good faith and revived the coach’s suit against the university. -DB Metropolitan News January 13, 2010 By Kenneth Ofgang The Fourth District Court of Appeal yesterday revived a whistleblower suit by a former strength coach for the San Diego State University football team, who claims

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Supreme Court scuttles plan for televising Prop 8 trial

donal brown January 14, 2010

In another 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that given the notoriety of the same-sex marriage trial and that the public had insufficient time to comment on the decision to televise the trial, there would be no live telecasts or delayed broadcasts on YouTube. The Court did not rule on whether any federal trial could be televised. -DB San Francisco Chronicle January 14, 2010 By Bob Egelko SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. Supreme Court

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Cyberattacks on e-mail accounts of Chinese human right activists may force Google to quit China

donal brown January 13, 2010

Google may yet be forced to abandon the lucrative Chinese market after it gained access by agreeing to remove banned topics from its site. Hackers are attempting to invade the Gmail accounts of human rights activists along with the accounts of at least 20 large companies in the finance, technology, media and chemical sectors. -DB The New York Times January 13, 2010 By Andrew Jacobs and Miguel Helft BEIJING – Google, facing an assault by hackers

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Prop 8 hearing: Strict enforcement of laws against assault needed rather than curtailing TV coverage

donal brown January 12, 2010

A Citizen Media Law Project blogger argues that the Supreme Court should recognize that it is against California law to assault witnesses and that not televising the proceedings will not protect witnesses in what promises to be a widely publicized event. To allow the broadcast on YouTube would provide a boost to freedom of the press and greater access for millions of Americans who would then be able to see our justice system at work.

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Coalition files amicus brief supporting Northwestern University students with records under subpoena

donal brown January 12, 2010

A friend-of-the-court brief has been filed in support of Northwestern University journalism students working on a project seeking to prove the innocence of convicts under sentence for murder. The State Attorney is seeking their notes, interview tapes and other records to discredit their work on the project. -DB Student Press Law Center Press Release January 11, 2010 The Student Press Law Center filed a friend-of-the-court brief today on behalf of a coalition of journalism organizations

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