| News Media & the Law 1999 |
| Title | Subject | Authors |
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| ABC not liable in taping of 'telepsychics'. | Literature/writing | |
| Access to Gates deposition in Microsoft antitrust trial affirmed.(Bill Gates) | Literature/writing | |
| Access to juvenile courts: a reporter's guide to proceedings & documents in the 50 states & D.C. | Literature/writing | |
| Access to records cannot be denied over general 'embarrassment'.(Georgia) | Literature/writing | |
| Agencies allowed to establish own policies for the deletion of electronic records. | Literature/writing | |
| Agencies, courts must segregate portions of records. | Literature/writing | |
| American reporters killed, harassed around the globe. | Literature/writing | |
| 'Anti-littering' ordinance to stop home newspaper delivery is unconstitutional.(Georgia) | Literature/writing | |
| Anti-SLAPP statute applies to all speech at official proceedings.(strategic lawsuits against public participation statute)(California) | Literature/writing | |
| Association controlling activity fees subject to meetings law.(New York) | Literature/writing | |
| 'Attorney work product' not exempt.(Massachusetts) | Literature/writing | |
| Author owed more explanation on 'national security' denial. | Literature/writing | |
| Babbitt, Rubin held in contempt for failure to release records.(Cabinet officials Bruce Babbitt and Robert Rubin liable in class action) | Literature/writing | |
| Ban on broadcasting casino advertising struck down. | Literature/writing | |
| Ban on 'virtual' pornography upheld.(Brief Article) | Literature/writing | |
| Benefits of disclosure must be considered in records requests. | Literature/writing | |
| Cable operator can charge fee for non-local programming. | Literature/writing | |
| Can we stop the end-runs around the reporter's privilege?(Editorial) | Literature/writing | |
| Chiquita lawyer, Enquirer reporter sentenced on voice-mail theft charges.(Chiquita Brands International v. Gallagher; Ohio v. Ventura)(Ohio) | Literature/writing | |
| Claim alleging 'negligent hiring' of disc jockey dismissed.(disc jockey Matthew 'Mancow' Muller)(Illinois) | Literature/writing | |
| Closed courtroom prompts new trial.(Maryland) | Literature/writing | |
| Closed meetings on golf course development violate law.(Missouri) | Literature/writing | |
| Colorado privilege protects consultant's report.(outside consultant and the deliberative process privilege) | Literature/writing | |
| 'Comp time' records for state employees must be disclosed.(Mississippi) | Literature/writing | |
| Computer encryption programs are protected expression. | Literature/writing | |
| Congressional restriction on medical marijuana vote unconstitutional. | Literature/writing | |
| Council's session on litigation exceeds scope of exemption.(Florida) | Literature/writing | |
| Court affirms actual malice standard in cases of public concern.(Indiana) | Literature/writing | |
| Court reaffirms qualified reporter's privilege for nonconfidential information: but panel lowers the standard parties must meet.(Gonzales v. National Broadcasting Co., U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2d Circuit) | Literature/writing | |
| Defamation plaintiffs must prove actual damage to reputation: lawyer erroneously identified as filing for bankruptcy could not show report caused harm.(Iowa) | Literature/writing | |
| Deliberations in impeachment trial twice closed to public.(President Clinton) | Literature/writing | |
| Disclosure of mug shots is unwarranted invasion of privacy. | Literature/writing | |
| Documents remain confidential to protect college's privacy.(Georgia) | Literature/writing | |
| Driver's Privacy Protection Act again ruled unconstitutional: four federal circuits evenly split on legality of law limiting release of records. | Literature/writing | |
| Emergency response tapes are not decision-making records. | Literature/writing | |
| Execution coverage limits exceed prison authority.(Oregon) | Literature/writing | |
| FBI must search beyond main record system to satisfy request.(request for records on author James Baldwin) | Literature/writing | |
| Federal law does not require release of drug testing data. | Literature/writing | |
| Fictional characterization not defamatory.(California) | Literature/writing | |
| Food Lion fraud award against ABC thrown out. | Literature/writing | |
| Format, costs do not limit right to electronic records.(right of access to computerized government records)(Tennessee) | Literature/writing | |
| Freelancers win battle over electronic republication rights of their works. | Literature/writing | |
| Generalized statements in handbill did not defame pilot.(pilot Bill Reesman)(Oregon) | Literature/writing | |
| Gore Commission releases digital TV report; diverse group disagrees over public interest obligations for broadcasters.(includes Commission's 10 recommendations) | Literature/writing | |
| 'Greatest Snow on Earth' doesn't harm the circus. | Literature/writing | |
| Gun permit data is personal, not outweighed by public interest in government activities.(Michigan) | Literature/writing | |
| Handwritten notes may be agency records.(HUD employee notes) | Literature/writing | |
| Headline alone can be enough for defamation claim.(Kato Kaelin's suit against the National Examiner) | Literature/writing | |
| High court finds no privilege in airport expansion records.(Illinois) | Literature/writing | |
| High court to decide three records access cases. | Literature/writing | |
| 'Hog" not a protectable trademark for Harley-Davidson. | Literature/writing | |
| Information only public if 'used' in decision-making process.(Washington) | Literature/writing | |
| Jailed reporter's contempt conviction overturned.(reporter Cynthia Jeffries)(Mississippi) | Literature/writing | |
| Jail videotapes, not meant to be retained, not public records.(Missouri) | Literature/writing | |
| Journalist's phone records excluded from trial.(Colorado) | Literature/writing | |
| Judges cannot rule that sex offender information may not be discloseable.(Kansas) | Literature/writing | |
| Jury not prejudiced by pretrial publicity of murder confession.(defendant Lawrence DeLisle) | Literature/writing | |
| Law exempting privatized hospitals from sunshine overturned.(Florida) | Literature/writing | |
| Law limiting adult programming violates First Amendment.(Communications Decency Act of 1996) | Literature/writing | |
| Lawsuit documents privileged even if known to be false.(Nevada) | Literature/writing | |
| Media allowed to intervene to view governor's deposition.(Illinois Governor Jim Edgar, trial of James R. Berger) | Literature/writing | |
| Media presence at home searches is 'unreasonable.' | Literature/writing | |
| More states move to limit access to prisoners. | Literature/writing | |
| New law requires review of declassification decisions.(Defense Authoritization Act of 2000) | Literature/writing | |
| New shield law won't help reporters' contempt cases.(North Carolina) | Literature/writing | |
| News media challenge to Unabom secrecy order dismissed as moot. | Literature/writing | |
| Newspaper cannot sue for 'past' actions under state Open Meetings Act.(California) | Literature/writing | |
| Newspaper free to print time records of court-appointed lawyer.(Tennessee) | Literature/writing | |
| Newspapers may be liable for reporting on tapes: recordings of officials' conversation played at press conference.(Louisiana) | Literature/writing | |
| Newspaper wins access to parents' trial in juvenile court.(Quincy Patriot Ledger, Robert and Andrea Berkowitz)(Massachusetts) | Literature/writing | |
| Newsroom search request must be processed. | Literature/writing | |
| No 'neutral report' privilege protects republication concerning private figures.(defamation suit) | Literature/writing | |
| Orange County police officer posed as AP photographer to observe demonstration.(California)(Brief Article) | Literature/writing | |
| Parking tickets, NCAA letters not exempt as academic records.(privacy exemptions in federal education law in Maryland) | Literature/writing | |
| 'Personal attack', 'political editorial' rules challenge goes back to FCC. | Literature/writing | |
| Photographers' guide to privacy: what every cameraman, photographer and videographer should know about invasion of privacy standards in the 50 states and D.C. | Literature/writing | |
| Police seize film from photo lab.(Michigan) | Literature/writing | |
| Prior restraint on publishing lawyers' time records upheld.(Tennessee) | Literature/writing | |
| Privacy argument insufficient to defeat 'Megan's Law' requirements.(New Jersey) | Literature/writing | |
| Privacy claim allowed over 'telepsychic's' open-office conversation.(California) | Literature/writing | |
| Privately run public hospital subject to openness requirements.(Florida) | Literature/writing | |
| Prosecutor's rejection of request for Tripp records upheld.(Maryland) | Literature/writing | |
| Public has right to be present during civil trials.(California) | Literature/writing | |
| Public radio station can exclude candidates from debate. | Literature/writing | |
| Putting Food Lion in perspective.(the harm libel suits cause the public interest by hindering investigative reporting)(Editorial) | Literature/writing | |
| Reclamation bureau must release writings in dam dispute.(Klamath dam project in Oregon) | Literature/writing | |
| Reformer does not have right of court access: sought court transcript to determine why defense lawyer was disqualified. | Literature/writing | |
| Regional transportation authority not subject to D.C. FOI law.(District of Columbia) | Literature/writing | |
| Reno D.A. searches four newsrooms for video, notes.(Nevada) | Literature/writing | |
| Reporter gets 18-month sentence on porn charges. | Literature/writing | |
| Reporter had no doubt about the truth of drug story.(Mississippi) | Literature/writing | |
| Reporters had right to attend 'non-hospitalization' hearing.(Vermont) | Literature/writing | |
| School board official jailed over records denial.(Florida) | Literature/writing | |
| Secrecy agreement trumps disclosure.(Colorado) | Literature/writing | |
| Shield law protects reporter's notes on jailhouse interview: publication of portions of interview does not constitute waiver of privilege.(Georgia) | Literature/writing | |
| Shopping mall built with government bonds not a public forum.(Minnesota) | Literature/writing | |
| Speech claim over gag order against policy chief reinstated. | Literature/writing | |
| Starr's office did not breach grand jury secrecy rules.(Independent prosecutor Kenneth Starr) | Literature/writing | |
| State election laws on political ad reporting apply across state lines. | Literature/writing | |
| Survey indicates negotiation effective in fighting subpoenas.(subpoenas served on news organizations) | Literature/writing | |
| Taping own call constitutes unlawful 'interception'.(Nevada) | Literature/writing | |
| Teachers' privacy interest can be determined by court.(Wisconsin) | Literature/writing | |
| The right 'fluff'.(media "ride-alongs" with police) | Literature/writing | |
| Two circuits uphold federal driver's records law.(Driver's Privacy Protection Act) | Literature/writing | |
| University official allowed to confiscate student yearbook. | Literature/writing | |
| University president search committee exempt from meetings law.(Michigan) | Literature/writing | |
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