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Entrepreneurial media program wins Innovation award

FAC April 20, 2010

The Knight Center for Digital Media Entrepreneurship , under the direction of Dan Gillmor, a leading expert in digital media, and FAC Board of Directors member, has been awarded the 2010 Arizona State University President’s Award for Innovation. -df Knight Center Wins ASU Innovation Award April 16, 2010 · Published By Editor East Valley Living, Greater Phoenix & East Valley PHOENIX – The Knight Center for Digital Media Entrepreneurship at the Walter Cronkite School of

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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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Federal Judge rules Klan can hold picnic at public Civil War historical site

donal brown April 19, 2010

A federal district judge says the Missouri Department of Natural Resource could not prevent the Ku Klux Klan from renting a part of a Civil War historical site for a picnic. But it is unlikely the picnic will take place after the judge also required the Klan to post a $1,800 bond and obtain $300,000 in liability insurance. -db Courthouse News Service April 15, 2010 By Joe Harris ST. LOUIS (CN) – Missouri parks officials

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