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ACLU turns over blogger IPs in Pa. defamation case

FAC August 13, 2010

A civil liberties group has surrendered the Internet protocol addresses from six posts on an online message board to a local western Pennsylvania official who claims the authors posted defamatory information about him. August 13, 2010 By The Associated Press PITTSBURGH — The American Civil Liberties Union, who intervened in the case, turned over two IPs on Aug. 11 after an Allegheny County judge last month ruled that Forward Township Supervisor Thomas DeRosa was entitled

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Federal appeals court tosses libel suit by cat breeders against Internet service provider

donal brown August 12, 2010

The 8th Circuit dismissed a libel suit by Cozy Kittens Cattery against an Internet service provider that ran what they said were defamatory comments about their cat breeding business. -db Online Media Daily August 11, 2010 By Wendy Davis A federal appellate court has upheld a ruling dismissing a libel lawsuit by cat breeders against the Internet service provider InMotion, which hosted a gripe site that contained allegedly defamatory posts by users. The 8th Circuit

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California school district adopts changes to comply with open meeting law

donal brown August 12, 2010

To comply with California’s open meetings law, the Brown Act, the Fillmore Unified School District board of trustees changed its policies on banning recording of its meetings and their requirement that speakers to the board provide an address before making comments. -db m.vcstar.com August 4, 2010 By Cheri Carlson Fillmore Unified School District trustees have made some changes to comply with the state open-meetings law. The district received a warning letter from the Ventura County

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Bell city scandal prompts consideration of government accountability

donal brown August 12, 2010

A Los Angeles Times columnist says the fleecing of the small city of Bell by its own elected officials has prompted a flurry of citizen activity in public records requests. But experience shows that public officials can conjure up a myriad of excuses for and stratagems to withhold information from the public so citizens must persist. -db Los Angeles Times Commentary August 11, 2010 By James Rainey We’re living through the Summer of Bell. The Tony

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N.Y. governor offers help moving ground-zero mosque

FAC August 11, 2010

New York Gov. David Paterson offered state help yesterday if the developers of a mosque near the site of the Sept. 11 attacks agree to move the project farther from the site. August 11, 2010 By The Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. —Paterson, a Democrat, said that he doesn’t oppose the project as planned but indicated that he understands where opponents are coming from. He said he was willing to intervene to seek other suitable state

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