| News Media & the Law 1997 |
| Title | Subject | Authors |
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| ABC complies with order to turn over videotape of Susan McDougal interview. | Literature/writing | |
| Access rights outweigh juror privacy. (South Carolina) | Literature/writing | |
| Access to places. (legal restrictions that can be placed on reporters seeking access to newsworthy events) | Literature/writing | |
| Agencies move to limit employee media contact. | Literature/writing | |
| Agreements on open meetings violations include damages; agencies across the country have been paying costs, promising openness. | Literature/writing | |
| Airing of videotape without license not 'fair use.' | Literature/writing | |
| Animal fund wins access to scientists' panel. | Literature/writing | |
| Appeals court okays newspapers sales at highway rest areas. (South Dakota) | Literature/writing | |
| Appellate court, state legislature deal blows to efforts for reporter's privilege. (Florida) | Literature/writing | |
| Ban on anonymous speech, use of trade names ruled unconstitutional. (Georgia) | Literature/writing | |
| Beacon Hill 'street furniture' ban upheld as constitutional. | Literature/writing | |
| 'Blackmail' and 'extortion' are opinion, protected as rhetorical hyperbole. (9th Circuit Court)(Hawaii) | Literature/writing | |
| Bombing trial continues to spark media controversies. | Literature/writing | |
| Cable 'must carry' rules upheld by high court in 5-4 decision. | Literature/writing | |
| City ban on commercial speech in subways upheld. (New York) | Literature/writing | |
| City cannot carry Fox News Channel on government cable. (New York City) | Literature/writing | |
| City employee's firing for comments to media upheld. | Literature/writing | |
| Closed 'jury management' hearing allowed in murder trial.(Indiana) | Literature/writing | |
| Congress should steer clear of state drivers' records. (South Carolina) | Literature/writing | |
| Convictions overturned over quashed subpoenas. (Texas and Florida) | Literature/writing | |
| Court finds newspaper can forbid political activism by their reporters.(Washington) | Literature/writing | |
| Court finds 'slut' is defamatory without need to prove damages to reputation.(Illinois) | Literature/writing | |
| Court orders Army hearing must be open to public. (sexual misconduct case, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, Washington, D.C.) | Literature/writing | |
| Courts, Congress consider greater camera access to trials. | Literature/writing | |
| Courts experiment with online access, fee issues. | Literature/writing | |
| Court strikes down prison ban on magazines 'featuring nudity.' | Literature/writing | |
| Damages in Food Lion fraud, trespass suit reduced by court; judged calls $5.5 million punitive damages award 'disproportionate' to actual damages. | Literature/writing | |
| Destruction of notes usually sufficient to show actual malice. (in libel suit) (Wisconsin) | Literature/writing | |
| Discovery documents in criminal trial not public. | Literature/writing | |
| Dismissal of TV talk show privacy claim upheld. | Literature/writing | |
| DPPA found unconstitutional by two federal courts. (Driver's Privacy Protection Act) | Literature/writing | |
| Eastwood wins privacy appeal over 'exclusive.' (Clint Eastwood) | Literature/writing | |
| Encryption export regulations violate First Amendment. | Literature/writing | |
| 'Fair report' privilege recognized for coverage of official proceedings: right was implied in earlier case.(New Hampshire) | Literature/writing | |
| Federal ban on advertising of gambling ruled unconstitutional. | Literature/writing | |
| Flight attendant loses appeal over surreptitious taping. (California) | Literature/writing | |
| Food Lion decision leaves a bad taste in the mouth. (trespass and fraud suit against ABC) | Literature/writing | |
| Freelance writers lose claim for online database royalties. | Literature/writing | |
| Generic advertising is not compelled speech. (Department of Agriculture regulations) (Washington, D.C.) | Literature/writing | |
| Governor's judicial advisory group not subject to public records law. (Massachusetts) | Literature/writing | |
| Harassment, assaults, arrests of reporters continue: incidents occur at strike, trial, animal protest, and charter school. | Literature/writing | |
| High court finds town meeting not subject to meetings act; photographer's suit over expulsion for leaving designated press corner dismissed.(Rhode Island) | Literature/writing | |
| High court lets separation order stand. (Indiana)(Separation Orders Add Twist to Subpoena Fights) | Literature/writing | |
| Hospitals do not have to disclose internal report on infection rates. (Iowa) | Literature/writing | |
| Independent counsel withdraws subpoena for Hubbell manuscript. (Kenneth Starr, Webster Hubbell) | Literature/writing | |
| Indictment over rape report is dismissed. (Georgia) | Literature/writing | |
| Internet indecency law ruled unconstitutional: Act restricted adult access to protected speech, high court finds. | Literature/writing | |
| Jewell settles claims with NBC, CNN; files suit against others. (Richard Jewell) | Literature/writing | |
| Judge reverses record-setting punitive damages award against Wall Street Journal. (U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas) | Literature/writing | |
| Justice releases proposed regulations to implement electronic FOI changes. (freedom of information) | Literature/writing | |
| Legislative update: lawmakers grapple with Internet and privacy issues; Congressional paradox: how to free up and control on-line information. | Literature/writing | Lisa Estrada |
| Legislators rude anti-paparazzi wave after Di's death; national, state, local 'harassment' legislation would affect all news media. | Literature/writing | |
| Libel judgment reversed over failure to prove actual malice.(South Carolina) | Literature/writing | |
| Media presence during execution of search warrant doesn't negate officers' immunity. | Literature/writing | |
| Motive cannot be considered in deciding to disclose records. (New Hampshire) | Literature/writing | |
| National Public Radio not a government entity, judge rules. | Literature/writing | |
| Negligence suit against reporter as cause of suicide reinstated: court upholds high standard for imposing liability, but finds dismissal premature. (Clift v. Narragansett Television LP)(Rhode Island) | Literature/writing | |
| New laws bring openness to commercial taxes, malpractice.(District of Columbia, Massachusetts) | Literature/writing | |
| News media access to executions contested. | Literature/writing | |
| Newspaper loses appeal of order barring press from courtroom.(California) | Literature/writing | |
| Newspaper wins right to see resumes, job applications for airport's top spots. (Louisiana) | Literature/writing | |
| News service operators arrested for intercepting paper signals. | Literature/writing | |
| New state regulations, court rulings restrict media access to prisons. | Literature/writing | |
| NLRB ISO "blind box" advertiser. (National Labor Relations Board)(Federal Agency Subpoenas Raise Privilege Concerns) | Literature/writing | |
| O.J. Simpson trial parody barred for use of Seuss' copyrighted material. | Literature/writing | |
| Opinion, fair report don't apply in doctor's libel suit.(Delaware) | Literature/writing | |
| Order to turn over BLM mailing list reversed without hearing. (Bureau of Land Management) | Literature/writing | |
| Out-of-court police settlements open, despite confidentiality clauses. (Kentucky) | Literature/writing | |
| Parents, networks reach agreement on 'voluntary' television ratings system. (Washington, D.C.) | Literature/writing | |
| Photographer, newspaper settle suit with NTSB; board, state apologize for confiscating film at airplane crash site. | Literature/writing | |
| Police must give disciplinary records to student journalists. | Literature/writing | |
| Police promotional exam scores, scale must be disclosed.(Iowa) | Literature/writing | |
| Police records: a guide to effective access in the 50 states & D.C. (includes related article) | Literature/writing | Maria DePaul, Amy Gherna |
| Potential harm to reputation cannot force use of pseudonyms.(Illinois) | Literature/writing | |
| Principal, others found guilty of attacking reporter, police. (Washington, D.C.) | Literature/writing | |
| Privacy Act record restriction limited by court. | Literature/writing | |
| Public school employee personnel records must be disclosed. (Michigan) | Literature/writing | |
| Public university must release records to professors' group. (New Jersey) | Literature/writing | |
| Release of psychiatrists' names would invade privacy. (associated with Deputy White House Counsel Vincent Foster, Jr) (Virginia) | Literature/writing | |
| Report calls for action on government secrecy: Moynihan Commission notes three million people can classify data. | Literature/writing | |
| Report details administration's increased hostility to media. (Clinton Administration) | Literature/writing | |
| Reporter arrested at rapper's funeral; photographer beaten by gang members.(New York, California) | Literature/writing | |
| Schools must release outside revenue records of coaches, other employees. (Michigan and Kentucky) | Literature/writing | |
| Secrecy won't help restore public confidence in courts.(Editorial) | Literature/writing | |
| Senate committee hears complaints about TV ratings system. | Literature/writing | |
| Senators examine media handling of Jewell case. (Richard Jewell) | Literature/writing | |
| 'Sludge Train' charges were opinion, court finds. (charges against TriStar Television in the 5th Circuit Court) (Texas) | Literature/writing | |
| 'Son of Sam' royalties law violates First Amendment. (Rhode Island) | Literature/writing | |
| State high court finds reporter's privilege in criminal trial.(West Virginia) | Literature/writing | |
| State high court overturned lawyer's admonishment for speaking to media. (North Dakota) | Literature/writing | |
| The Driver's Privacy Protection Act: a federal collision with states' rights. (includes information about other public record laws) (State-by-State Legislative Update: 1997) | Literature/writing | Jason Block, Maria DePaul, Amy Gherna, Kim Skornogoski, Barbara Lerner |
| Trial gag order made with no finding of necessity reversed. (Montana) | Literature/writing | |
| TV industry establishes 'voluntary' ratings system. | Literature/writing | |
| Two civil rights case decisions favor reporters: Michigan reporter's suit reinstated; Mississippi journalist settles with city. | Literature/writing | |
| Two courts find newsworthiness outweighs privacy interests. | Literature/writing | |
| University must release student disciplinary records. (Miami University in Oxford, Ohio) | Literature/writing | |
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