| News Media & the Law 1998 |
| Title | Subject | Authors |
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| 540-day waiting period for approval of labelling claims upheld.(Food and Drug Administration; dietary supplements) | Literature/writing | |
| 911 audiotapes are not public records: court finds tape exempt as 'noncriminal incident report'.(Virginia) | Literature/writing | |
| Abu-Jamal prevails in case to stop monitoring of legal mail.(prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal) | Literature/writing | |
| Access denied to privilege hearings and other documents. (of the grand jury investigation of Monica Lewinsky and President Bill Clinton) | Literature/writing | |
| Access to electronic records: a guide to reporting on state and local government in the computer age.(state-by-state guide) | Literature/writing | |
| Access to Gates deposition blocked by appellate court stay.(Microsoft chairman Bill Gates) | Literature/writing | |
| Actions taken against judges for talking to media contested.(California, New York) | Literature/writing | |
| Actors' privacy suit against airport bar robots reinstated.(robots allegedly resemble "Cheers" actors George Wendt and John Ratzenberg) | Literature/writing | |
| Airport vending restriction upheld.(newspaper vending machines) | Literature/writing | |
| Appeal court recognizes reporter's privilege in trucking suit.(Missouri) | Literature/writing | |
| Archives rule allowing agencies to delete electronic records voided. | Literature/writing | |
| Ban on broadcast advertising for casinos is constitutional. | Literature/writing | |
| Ban on post-trial talks with jurors upheld. | Literature/writing | |
| Ban on sale of sexually explicit materials on military bases upheld. | Literature/writing | |
| Board of law examiners must open meetings, release minutes.(Minnesota) | Literature/writing | |
| Broad subpoenas limited by court rules on trial procedure. | Literature/writing | |
| Bucking trend, court finds drivers' records act constitutional. | Literature/writing | |
| 'Butt licking' title not an allegation of fact.(Virginia) | Literature/writing | |
| CDA shields America OnLine from suit.(Communications Decency Act; defamation by third party) | Literature/writing | |
| Cities target newsracks to clean up streets. (Glenwood Springs, Colorado; San Francisco, California; Chicago, Illinois) | Literature/writing | |
| City employee cannot be barred from talking to news media. | Literature/writing | |
| Civilian complaints of police misconduct must be released. (Rhode Island) | Literature/writing | |
| Civil lawsuit over release of tapes of congressional phone call dismissed. | Literature/writing | |
| CNN declared 'state actor' in government search.(Montanan rancher suspected of illegally poisoning wildlife)(Cover Story) | Literature/writing | |
| Confidential sources & information: a practical guide to the reporter's privilege in the fifty states and D.C. | Literature/writing | |
| Court finds no privacy right in trash, even if next to house; dissent argues that searching trash, publicizing contents would lead to tort liability. | Literature/writing | |
| Court finds reporter's privilege only when media being harassed. | Literature/writing | |
| Court recognizes privacy claims in case over nude vacation photos.(Minnesota) | Literature/writing | |
| Court strikes down 19th century law allowing libel suits over truthful but malicious claims. | Literature/writing | |
| Court upholds contempt order against NBC.(National Broadcasting Company; subpoena for nonconfidential video outtakes) | Literature/writing | |
| Court upholds dismissal of HIV-positive man's privacy suit: two judges find the 'disclosure of private facts' tort is not recognized in the state.(Indiana) | Literature/writing | |
| De minimus use of photographs in movie not infringement. | Literature/writing | |
| English libel judgment found repugnant to U.S., state law: state high court refuses to enforce claim in dispute between two former Soviet citizens.(Maryland) | Literature/writing | |
| Ex-Beatle's remarks over dispute were 'rhetorical hyperbole.' (George Harrison) (Hawaii) | Literature/writing | |
| Exclusion of journalism professor's 'scientific' testimony proper: trial judge found reputational damage calculations unscientific, unhelpful. (Montana) | Literature/writing | |
| Families win right to sue over use of autopsy photos.(Washington) | Literature/writing | |
| FCC ordered to review charge of CBS news distortion. | Literature/writing | |
| FDA's efforts to regulate tobacco exceed jurisdiction, court rules.(Federal Drug Administration) | Literature/writing | |
| Federal driver's record act labeled an invalid exercise of congressional power.(restricting access to state motor vehicle records) | Literature/writing | |
| Financial column on 'sour' sugar substitute stock not libelous. | Literature/writing | |
| Florida, Texas officials allegedly remove legal notices over coverage.(newspaper coverage of politicians) | Literature/writing | |
| Going, going, gone?(journalistic privilege to protect information from court subpoenas) | Literature/writing | |
| Helicopter news service allowed to sue for foreign distribution of beating video. | Literature/writing | |
| High court finds privilege covers non-confidential information.(reporter's privilege)(Florida) | Literature/writing | |
| High court reverses itself on subpoena standard. (Texas) | Literature/writing | |
| High court upholds dismissal of suit over 'grave robber' story: man had been convicted of trafficking in archaeological resources from burial ground.(libel suit for newspaper story)(Nevada) | Literature/writing | |
| Intellectual property bill may eliminate electronic 'fair use.' | Literature/writing | |
| Interest in exposing FBI misconduct justifies release of records. | Literature/writing | |
| Jail rape victim can't sue newspaper for publishing name; violent crime in prison system is a matter of public significance, court rules.(South Carolina) | Literature/writing | |
| JFK records board closes shop, releases recommendations.(John F. Kennedy; access to government documents concerning JFK assassination) | Literature/writing | |
| Journalists lose fight for access to entire execution. (California First Amendment Coalition v. Calderon) | Literature/writing | |
| Journalists meet with official interference over reporting.(Secret Service searches room of student journalist; New Jersey police arrest photographer) | Literature/writing | |
| Judge allowed to order production of index of withheld documents.(New Hampshire; newspaper investigation in housing project lending practices ) | Literature/writing | |
| Judge's decision to seal transcripts in governor's fraud trial overturned.(former Arizona Governor Fife Symington)(Phoenix Newspapers, Inc. v. District Court) | Literature/writing | |
| Judge's libel suit over 'crystal ball' allegation properly dismissed. | Literature/writing | |
| King estate does not own copyright to 1963 'dream' speech: federal court finds publication voided common-law copyright, dismisses suit against CBS.(Martin Luther King, Jr.) | Literature/writing | |
| Korean-American reporter arrested for reporting 'false accusations' about company.(reporter held in South Korea) | Literature/writing | |
| Law barring 'sexually explicit' publications in prison upheld. | Literature/writing | |
| Law denying access for 'commercial purposes' unconstitutional. | Literature/writing | |
| Legal proof fails as ethics standard.(Editorial) | Literature/writing | |
| Legislature passes nation's 31st shield law after long struggle. (Florida) | Literature/writing | |
| Libel suit reinstated over 'malice' definition confusion. | Literature/writing | |
| Media denied access to attorney's interim expense records: expense documents of publicly paid counsel are 'administrative,' not 'judicial'. | Literature/writing | |
| Media gains access to 'Unabomber' psychiatric report. (Theodore Kaczynski) | Literature/writing | |
| Media lose bid for access to juror transcripts. | Literature/writing | |
| Most federal agencies behind schedule on EFOIA. (Electronic Freedom of Information Act of 1996) | Literature/writing | |
| Murder records remain secret after 28 years.(Washington) | Literature/writing | |
| New Internet law intended to restrict minors' access to 'harmful' material. | Literature/writing | |
| Newspaper liable for printing wrong photo in Whitewater trial.(Arkansas Democrat-Gazette) | Literature/writing | |
| Newspaper's photos unique, must be disclosed. | Literature/writing | |
| Newspaper sues governor for harassment.(Puerto Rico's El Nuevo Dia) | Literature/writing | |
| NLRB gains victories in 'blind box' battles with newspapers.('blind box' job opportunity advertisements do not reveal employer's name ) | Literature/writing | |
| NLRB loses round in 'blind box' advertising subpoena fight: court finds 'chilling effect' on ability to publish ads would violate the Constitution. | Literature/writing | |
| Officials' disciplinary files not categorically exempt from disclosure. | Literature/writing | |
| Paparazzi bills advance in legislatures, but celebrity suits favor photographers. | Literature/writing | |
| Parody of magazine photograph ruled a 'fair use.'. | Literature/writing | |
| Policies on media access released by police, federal commission. | Literature/writing | |
| Prisoners, soldiers fare differently on access to explicit magazines. | Literature/writing | |
| Privacy claim over televised rescue reinstated. (California) | Literature/writing | |
| Private nonprofit group receiving public funds is subject to records act.(Ohio) | Literature/writing | |
| Privilege covering statement at council hearings not absolute; statements unrelated to matter discussed or known to be false not protected.(Wisconsin) | Literature/writing | |
| Prosecutor's 'due process' right overcomes reporter's privilege.(California) | Literature/writing | |
| Public has no right of access to plea agreement that was revoked. | Literature/writing | |
| Public information - but not too public.(press's right to publish)(Editorial) | Literature/writing | |
| Public interest in Hoover's files warrants review. | Literature/writing | |
| Publicity does not create presumption of bias, court finds. | Literature/writing | |
| Public station can exclude candidates from debate. | Literature/writing | |
| Publisher may be liable for contract killing based on book.(technical manual for contract killing) | Literature/writing | |
| Publisher's suit over government registration reinstated. | Literature/writing | |
| Reno riots, Chinese coverage lead to problems.(Reno, NV; journalists harassed) | Literature/writing | |
| Reporter at Waco raid is public figure for libel suit.(Texas) | Literature/writing | |
| Reporter loses fight for equal access to briefings, materials. | Literature/writing | |
| Reporter loses subpoena appeal because she's already testified. | Literature/writing | |
| Reporter, newspaper cited for printing file details.(court files)(North Carolina) | Literature/writing | |
| Reporter pleads guilty on porn charges: judge refuses to allow First Amendment defense. | Literature/writing | |
| Responsibilities of digital licensees debated. | Literature/writing | |
| Retrial on damages ordered due to confusion in state libel law.(South Carolina) | Literature/writing | |
| Safety Commission records can be released over objections.(Consumer Product Safety Commission) | Literature/writing | |
| Science academy, told to open meetings, gets exemption from Congress instead.(National Academy of Science; meetings concern animal rights) | Literature/writing | |
| 'Seinfeld' quiz book violates producers' copyrights in show. | Literature/writing | |
| Selection committee must meet in public. (Montana) | Literature/writing | |
| Settlement cannot be confidential by agreement of parties.(Ohio; agreement between county and private individual) | Literature/writing | |
| Sovereignty commission files released. | Literature/writing | |
| State, Commerce announce limit on new satellites over Israel.(U.S. Departments of State and Commerce) | Literature/writing | |
| State high court allows use of 'wire service' defense in libel suits. (Michigan) | Literature/writing | |
| State high court upholds prior restraint on videotaped talks.(newspaper's wish to publish information)(South Carolina) | Literature/writing | |
| State insurance regulator ordered to release merger records.(Ohio) | Literature/writing | |
| Statements about developer's deals not sufficient for libel suit; reports of 'sleazy' dealings were hyperbole; 'main charges' were true, court rules.(Connecticut) | Literature/writing | |
| Student has right to open hearing over teacher's aide's objections.(Iowa) | Literature/writing | |
| Suit against police over media presence disallowed; journalists' presence during search did not violate clearly established right. | Literature/writing | |
| Teachers' privacy interest in birthdates thwarts investigation. | Literature/writing | |
| The privacy paradox. | Literature/writing | |
| Third judge finds federal driver records act unconstitutional. | Literature/writing | |
| Three journalists arrested, fined by federal officials.(visiting Cuba, gathering plane crash evidence, researching Internet child pornography) | Literature/writing | |
| 'Tough law' stings journalists - as predicted.(Editorial) | Literature/writing | |
| Transportation authority wrongly removed magazine ads from buses.(New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority) | Literature/writing | |
| Twp newspapers' tort reform articles did not defame lawyers. (Oklahoma) | Literature/writing | |
| U.S. must give British extradition letter to lawyer. | Literature/writing | |
| US uses a rare 'state secrets' privilege - twice.(military hazardous waste; civilian death in Nicaragua) | Literature/writing | |
| White House sponsors online ratings summit.(preventing children from having access to offensive material on the Internet) | Literature/writing | |
| Wrestling producer's reporter not covered by reporter's privilege. | Literature/writing | |
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