Month: October 2019

NEWS MEDIA UPDATE · PENNSYLVANIA · Confidentiality/Privilege · June 9, 2005 Judge creates exception to state’s absolute shield law Click Here: Maori All Blacks Store A Pennsylvania trial judge ordered a former newspaper reporter to disclose her confidential source, creating an unheard-of exception to the absolute protection granted by the state’s shield law. June 9, […]

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NEWS MEDIA UPDATE · MASSACHUSETTS · Confidentiality/Privilege · Oct. 27, 2005 Senator introduces shield law with backing of news media A comprehensive shield bill would provide a near-absolute privilege to protect the identity of confidential sources, except in cases of “imminent” harm to the public from terrorists. Oct. 27, 2005 · Massachusetts Senate President Robert […]

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News Media Update ILLINOIS Confidentiality/Privilege Jan. 12, 2005 Journalists’ subpoenas quashed Chicago journalists do not have to turn over video- and audiotape footage, notes and other materials subpoenaed by a former police official, a federal judge has ruled. Jan. 12, 2005 — A federal judge quashed subpoenas for notes and other materials gathered by three […]

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Hawaii lawmakers edged closer to passing a shield law this week. HB 2557 passed out of a conference committee unanimously on Wednesday with judiciary committee members and journalists agreeing to a long-anticipated compromise on the state’s law protecting journalistic privilege. Click Here: Spain Football Shop The bill will now head to the full Senate and […]

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