NLRB ISO "blind box" advertiser
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A US magistrate in Indiana found in NLRB v. Evansville Courier Co. that the newspaper was required to comply with a subpoena issued by the NLRB requesting the name of an advertiser using a blind box ad in the newspaper's employment classifieds. The NLRB was investigating claims that the unknown employer was engaged in employment discrimination based on union membership. The newspaper asserted the reporter's privilege under the First Amendment and state law. The magistrate found not privilege under federal law and stated that classified ads were not protected by such privileges.
Publication Name: News Media & the Law
Subject: Literature/writing
ISSN: 0149-0737
Year: 1997
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Food Lion must withdraw subpoenas for reporters' records; demands for phone, hotel, courier records infringe on First Amendment rights
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The US District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina in Food Lion, Inc. v. Capital Cities/ABC, Inc. granted the network's protective order motion and barred the supermarket chain from issuing subpoenas to third parties. The subpoenas were submitted to hotels, phone companies and others to investigate communications among journalists working on the Food Lion "PrimeTime Live" story that was the basis for the lawsuit. The Court found that the subpoenas would encroach on First Amendment press confidentiality protections and that they were too broadly drawn.
Publication Name: News Media & the Law
Subject: Literature/writing
ISSN: 0149-0737
Year: 1996
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Smoking out sources: tobacco subpoenas open lid to "Pandora's Box."(Editorial)
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The trial judge in Philip Morris Inc.'s $10 billion libel suit against ABC Inc. ruled that the privilege protecting the records of journalists was only a qualified privilege. The judge was unwilling to make telephone, credit card and travel records available under civil discovery rules. The records would be subject to subpoena because they were necessary to make the case that ABC knew or should have known the falsity of its statements. The court failed to consider that the libel suit is being used to attack news agencies for running stories critical of business.
Publication Name: News Media & the Law
Subject: Literature/writing
ISSN: 0149-0737
Year: 1995
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