Los Angeles Times sues county over electronic record fees

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The Los Angeles Times has filed suit against the County of Los Angeles in the US District Court for the Central District of California regarding the fees being charged for access to privately-run online civil court records systems. Private companies are being granted the right to sell access to databases of court records. The Times has argued that the fees violate constitutional rights to access public information. Los Angeles County has responded that the public still has access to paper records.

United States, California, User fees

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Restraining order against newspaper allowed to stand

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The Indiana Supreme Court denied review of Howard Publications v. Lake Michigan Charters Ltd. in which the trial court had restrained a local newspaper from publishing information gleaned from documents that had been submitted by a non-party for in camera review. The newspaper argued that the order was a prior restraint that had not been adequately justified. The courts decided that the confidentiality of in camera review took priority over public interest in the information.

Indiana, Prior restraint, Restraining orders

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