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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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Federal judge quashes subpoena for notes in “unjust conviction” case reported by Medill grad student

donal brown August 19, 2010

A federal district judge has rejected arguments that the Chicago police could subpoena the notes of a former student at Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism who worked to exonerate a convicted felon. -db Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press August 19, 2010 By Cristina Abello A federal judge in Seattle yesterday granted a journalism professor’s motion to quash a subpoena from lawyers representing Chicago police officers in a civil rights case. Judge Marsha

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Government agency using subpoenas to obtain whistle blowers’ e-mails with reporters

donal brown June 29, 2010

The Security and Exchange Commission has subpoenaed documents from two whistle blowers including e-mails with reporters, a move that circumvents their usual policy of not subpoenaing reporters directly. -db The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press June 28, 2010 By Ellen Biltz At least one government agency is using subpoenas to target e-mail between journalists and potential sources by going after the source. Two self-proclaimed fraud convicts recently turned over thousands of documents rather

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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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Attorney General subpoenas New York Times reporter over book on C.I.A.

donal brown April 29, 2010

A lawyer for New York Times reporter James Risen says he will honor his commitment to keep his sources confidential in resisting a subpoena to provide documents about his 2006 book about the Central Intelligency Agency.  -db The New York Times April 28 2010 By Charlie Savage WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Obama administration is seeking to compel a writer to testify about his confidential sources for a 2006 book about the Central Intelligence Agency, a

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