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Summer 2008, Volume 13, Number 4

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Top Story:
3rd Circuit Strikes Down FCC’s Super Bowl Fine As ‘Arbitrary and Capricious’

FCC News
Senate Votes to Block FCC’s Cross-Ownership Rule Change

Subpoenas and Journalist's Privilege
Washington Times Reporter Gertz Not Forced to Testify
Hatfill Suit Settled, Reporter Locy’s Fate Still Unclear
Hawaii Enacts 36th State Shield Law
Judge Quashes Subpoenas to 15 Pennsylvania Reporters
UK Journalist Complies with ‘Production Order’
Secrecy, Subpoena in R. Kelly Trial

Supreme Court Decisions
Supreme Court Strikes Down ‘Millionaire’s Amendment’ to Campaign Finance Law

Court Unanimously Rejects Limits on Duplicate FOIA Suits

Election 2008
Protest Groups Fight to be Heard at National Party Conventions

Access
Minnesota Supreme Court Holds Hearing on Cameras in Courts
No Decision Yet; 16 of 19 Committee Members Disfavor Cameras

International
Media, Free Press Advocates Say Beijing Games Organizers Backed Away From Promises
China Pressured to Lift Blocks on Media Center Internet Service
Roundup: Russian Media Feel Pressure from Kremlin

Charges Filed in Politkovskaya Murder, Killer Still at Large

New Media
5th Circuit Holds MySpace Not Responsible for User Misuse
Social Networking Web Site Sued over Sexual Assaults, Suicides

Copyright
Campuses See Upswing in Copyright Infringement Notices

AP Challenges Web Sites over Fair Use, Limits Still Unclear
Update: TorrentSpy Ordered to Pay Over $110 million in Damages to MPAA

Student Media
2nd Circuit Rules School Can Punish Teen for Online Criticism of Administrators
Student Media Roundup: In California, Student Journalists and Principals Clash, Legislators Pass Media Adviser Protection Bill

Libel
New York Law Protects Authors from Libel Tourists

Media Ethics
Washington Post Reporter Loses Job over Blog

Silha Center News
Guardian Readers’ Editor Butterworth to Deliver Silha Lecture 2008 Lecture to Focus on Intersection of Law, Ethics in the Digital Age
Drechsel Named Silha Visiting Fellow
Silha Fall Forum will Address FCC Cross-Ownership Rules

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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