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Reporters Committee welcomes outcome in Supreme Court FERPA case
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press applauded the U.S. Supreme Court's decision today in Gonzaga University v. Doe,… -
Newspaper reporter to fight subpoena in federal court
In a case that has important implications for journalists, a reporter for a Mexican newspaper will go to federal court… -
Reporters Committee files lawsuit demanding release of Reagan papers
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, along with several historians and public-interest groups, filed a lawsuit today urging… -
Leggett breaks record for longest jailing of journalist on contempt charge in U.S. history
According to research by the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, freelance book author Vanessa Leggett today becomes the… -
MEDIA ADVISORY: Leggett to become longest-jailed journalist on contempt charge in U.S. history tomorrow
According to research by the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, freelance book author Vanessa Leggett will become the… -
Reporters Committee asks Ohio Supreme Court to find anonymous jury rule unconstitutional
A criminal defendant in Ohio should be granted a new trial because of a policy that requires anonymous juries in… -
Bill restricting KKK’s use of free newspapers signed into law
CALIFORNIA--A bill that makes it a misdemeanor to insert advertisements into a newspaper without the paper's authorization was signed into… -
Congress sends alternative dispute resolution bill to President
WASHINGTON, D.C.--In mid-October, Congress passed the Alternative Dispute Resolution Act of 1998, which would require federal district courts to authorize… -
Decency Act provision on "annoying" indecency limited
CALIFORNIA--A special panel of three federal judges in San Francisco ruled in late September that a provision of the Communications… -
Election commission sues Forbes over columns during campaign
SECOND CIRCUIT--Publisher Steve Forbes was sued in late August by the Federal Election Commission, which claimed that Forbes' magazine columns…