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Gawker lawyers try to invoke shield law in police seizure of computers at editor’s house

donal brown April 27, 2010

The furor continues over tech blog Gizmodo’s acquisition of a next-generation iPhone which it bought from someone who found it in a bar in Redwood City. To find out how Gizmodo got the iPhone, police seized the computers of an editor for Gawker, Gizmodo’s parent company. Gawker hired a First Amendment lawyer to fight the police action. -db Legal Pad A Cal Law blog April 26, 2010 By Zusha Elinson Police seized computers from a

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Student video journalist in trouble again, this time at UC Berkeley

donal brown April 16, 2010

A student journalist from UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism faces prosecution for being present during a standoff with police in Wheeler Hall where students protested budget cuts last fall. The student claims he was there as a journalist rather than as a protestor. -db San Francisco Chronicle April 16, 2010 By Nanette Asimov A Bay Area video journalist who spent 7 1/2 months in federal prison three years ago for withholding information from officials

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Michigan reporter wins round in federal court to keep sources confidential

donal brown February 10, 2010

A federal court judge ruled that a Detroit Free Press reporter could invoke his Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination to allow him to keep the names of his sources in the Justice Department a secret. A federal prosecutor is suing for the names of his sources. -db The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press February 9, 2010 By Cristina Abello A Michigan federal court today ruled that Detroit Free Press reporter David Ashenfelter properly

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Coalition files amicus brief supporting Northwestern University students with records under subpoena

donal brown January 12, 2010

A friend-of-the-court brief has been filed in support of Northwestern University journalism students working on a project seeking to prove the innocence of convicts under sentence for murder. The State Attorney is seeking their notes, interview tapes and other records to discredit their work on the project. -DB Student Press Law Center Press Release January 11, 2010 The Student Press Law Center filed a friend-of-the-court brief today on behalf of a coalition of journalism organizations

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Law student chides TSA for violating blogger’s rights

donal brown January 4, 2010

A Citizen Media Law Project blogger says the recent attempt of the Transportation Security Administration to serve citizen bloggers with subpoenas after the bloggers published new airport security directives shows that the agency needs judicial checks and its power to subpoena stripped. -DB Citizen Media Law Project January 4, 2010 By Andrew Moshirnia In recent years, the American public seems to have fallen under the impression that providers and regulators of airline travel have extra-legal

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