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Federal court rules reporter not have to testify in Boston civil lawsuit

donal brown March 11, 2011

A Boston Globe reporter was absolved from testifying in a lawsuit brought by a street performer contesting the city’s limits on the space allotted to performing. A federal district judge said the reporter’s privilege under the First Amendment prevailed so he did not have to disclose information obtained through news gathering. From The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, March 9, 2011, by Kristen Rasmussen. Full Story

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Reality TV tries to invoke shield law in denying evidence to defense attorneys

donal brown January 13, 2011

SF Weekly January 12, 2011 By Lauren Smiley A reality TV show, truTV’s ‘Bait Car’, teamed with San Francisco police to bust car thieves but are now citing California shield law for journalists in refusing the turn over footage to defense attorneys. A media expert says that because of the arrangement with San Francisco, the show’s personnel are not acting as journalists so do not warrant the protection of the shield law. -db

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Federal court orders reporter to testify in immigration trial of anti-Castro militant

donal brown November 29, 2010

A reporter is under court order to testify in the  federal prosecution of a Cuban anti-Castro militant accused of lying to immigration and entering the country illegally. -db The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press November 22, 2010 By Daniel Skallman A federal court in El Paso, Texas, ordered a reporter to testify in a pre-trial hearing last week as part of a federal prosecution of a Cuban anti-Castro militant accused of lying to

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Federal judge denies Chicago police subpoena of reporter’s notes

donal brown November 18, 2010

A federal district judge blocked a subpoena for a reporter’s notes saying that the Chicago Police Department had not established the relevance of the notes in their work. -db The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press November 17, 2010 By Daniel Skallman A federal judge in Seattle Friday quashed the third subpoena served on a reporter by lawyers representing the Chicago Police Department in a civil rights lawsuit, highlighting in her ruling the importance

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Federal judge upholds subpoena in Rwandan genocide case

donal brown October 25, 2010

A U.S. district judge  refused to quash a subpoena to the Human Rights Watch and an author who invoked the First Amendment in refusing to turn over notes with accounts of the Rwandan genocide. -db The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press October 21, 2010 By Rosemary Lane A U.S. district judge in Kansas refused last week to quash a subpoena issued to a human rights group and an author who claimed a First

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