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The public does not get to see what’s in the new BART contract until it’s a done deal. Why is that?
October 29, 2013
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Newsgathering at CA polling places on election day
[…] what reporters (and bloggers or other journalists) can and cannot do in the close proximity of polling places. Here's are the provisions of California law governing newsgathering activities at polling places while the polls are open: 18541. (a) No person shall, with the intent of dissuading another person from voting, within 100 feet of […]June 2, 2009
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Ed Code gives public school students stronger free speech protection than First Amendment, California appeals court affirms
[…] the Tinker decision. The California statute protects student expression unless it "so incites students as to create a clear and present danger of the commission of unlawful acts on school premises or the violation of lawful school regulations, or the substantial disruption of the orderly operation of the school." It is the word "incite" […]June 2, 2009
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Did NBC secretly hand over the Trump grope tape to the Wash Post?
[…] parties to consent to the taping of a conversation) or under some sort of breach of contract theory. The Post, on the other hand, engaged in no actionable, or even questionable, conduct to obtain the tapes, and had no contractual relationship with Trump. And NBC knew that the Post could be trusted to keep […]October 18, 2016
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Court decision on anti-Islam video is potentially hazardous to investigative journalism
[…] a way that might have handed a censor's power to the subjects of interviews. The case, Garcia v. Google, concerns "Innocence of Muslims," a highly inflammatory film--- actually, a 13-minute movie trailer—-that was posted to YouTube in 2012. Intended to shock and offend, the Islamophobic video depicts the prophet Muhammad as a deranged thug, […]November 19, 2014
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Bank that shuttered wikileaks withdraws lawsuit
[…] entered a voluntary dismissal of its suit, "without prejudice"--meaning that the bank is keeping open the option of refiling the same suit in another court. The bank acted following a hearing last week in which federal District Judge Jeffrey White ruled that its suit faced major First Amendment and jurisdictional obstacles. Reversing his earlier […]June 2, 2009
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Allegation of ‘Conspiracy’ Not Enough to Evade Free-Speech Protections
In amicus brief, FAC urges California appeal court to preserve anti-SLAPP protections Case: Golden Gate Land Holdings v. Direct Action Everywhere, No. A163315. Read FAC's amicus brief. Date filed: April 19, 2022 Court: California’s First District Court of Appeal About the case: The operators of Golden Gate Fields, a horse racing track in Berkeley, […]April 20, 2022
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Coalition Calls on DA to Decline Charges Against Stanford Student Journalist
[…] decline charges against a student journalist who was arrested while covering a demonstration at Stanford University. Dilan Gohill, a first-year Stanford student and reporter who covers campus activism for The Stanford Daily, was booked along with a dozen protesters on charges of felony burglary, vandalism, and conspiracy, after police responded to a protest and […]June 20, 2024
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Parents denied access to juvenile court records
July 14, 2009
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Media Access to Crime/Disaster Scenes
[…] Fish and Game designated a peace officer under subdivision (e) of Section 830.2, and any publicly employed full-time lifeguard or publicly employed full-time marine safety officer while acting in a supervisory position in the performance of his or her official duties, may close the area where the menace exists for the duration thereof by […]June 14, 2009
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