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Federal judge rules reporter does not have to testify in medical pot case

donal brown October 4, 2010

A federal district court dismissed a subpoena of a reporter on the grounds that the subpoena violated the reporter’s First Amendment right to withhold testimony. -db The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press October 1, 2010 By Daniel Skallman A federal judge quashed a criminal defense lawyer’s subpoena of a reporter last month, ruling that it violated the reporter’s constitutional right not to testify and publicly recognizing the importance of the newsgathering process. Reporter

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School employee sues after fired for speaking to press

donal brown September 14, 2010

A federal district judge denied a request to dismiss a suit by a school employee against the school district holding that he was fired for releasing information to the press about alleged fraudulent activities of fellow employees. -db Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press September 13, 2010 By Stephen Miller A U.S. District Court judge in Maryland denied the Frederick County Board of Education’s motion to dismiss a former employee’s First Amendment violation claim on

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Senate works to exclude leaked war documents from federal shield law

donal brown August 5, 2010

In reaction to Wikileaks’ publication of Afghanistan war documents, Senators Charles Schumer and Dianne Feinstein are amending the proposed federal shield law to exclude websites that publish leaked government documents without editorial comment. -db Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press August 4, 2010 By Cristina Abello Legislators are amending the federal shield bill, which was passed by the Senate Judiciary Committee in December 2009 but not yet brought up on the floor of the

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Digital rights foundation claims warrant in Gizmodo case violated California law

donal brown May 15, 2010

According to the Electronic Freedom Foundationn, an examination of the search warrant affidavit that sanctioned the invasion of an Gizmodo’s house last month shows that the warrant should never have been issued in that California law does not allow for suspending a reporter’s testimonial privilege unless another constitutional right is in play. Click on the link below to the Electronic Freedom Foundation to find the full text of the affadavit. -db Electronic Freedom Foundation Legal

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Federal judge orders filmmaker to relinquish film footage to Chevron in case about polluting Amazon rain forest

donal brown May 10, 2010

While rejecting Chevron’s argument that a reporters privilege does not apply to documentarians, a federal judge nonetheless ruled the filmmaker had to give film footage to Chevron since he had not promised his sources confidentiality. -db Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press May 7, 2010 By Cristina Abello A New York federal judge on Thursday ruled that though a reporter’s privilege applies to a documentary filmmaker, he must still hand over unused footage to Chevron

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