Ruling May Limit Lawyer-Press Dealings
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Lawyers who offer to help reporters by sending them copies of court documents by fax or e-mail do so at the peril of losing their immunity to defamation suits, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled.
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The CIA leak trial turned a spotlight on the shifting ground rules for reporters and their editors who more than ever must balance their pursuit of the news with a heightened risk of landing in court.
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Free speech rights take precedence over government restrictions on political advertising, the Supreme Court ruled Monday in a decision that opens the door for greater influence by interest groups in the closing days of an election.
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Decision not expected to slow flood of lawsuits against file sharers by the music industry.
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A New York Times decision to block  British online readers from seeing a story about London  terrorism suspects raises new questions on restricting the flow  of information in the Internet age, legal and media experts  say.
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The Supreme Court yesterday refused a request from the New York Times to stop federal prosecutors from examining the telephone records of two of its reporters, part of a grand jury probe of an alleged leak in a terrorism-funding investigation.
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Lawyers today tried to block moves to unveil more of the supposed financial backers of the alleged coup attempt in Equatorial Guinea.
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Â· Court rules controversial book can be published  Â· Goldman family, not former actor, to benefit
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How the judgment may thwart attempts to recover
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Talks toward the formation an international treaty on the intellectual property rights of broadcasters over the signals they transmit, broke down today as almost everyone involved predicted.  The discussion most likely centered on whether broadcasters can claim legal rights over content that appeared on its over-the-air signals, which would have affected its ability to be shown later on the Web.
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By Paul Edward Parker; Journal Staff Writer  Witnesses and jurors might be reluctant to participate if testimony would become public, a law professor argues.
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A pretrial hearing to discuss the procedures for disclosing classified information in a case against two men accused of supporting terrorists should be open to the public, an attorney for several news organizations argued Monday.
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Many efforts to expand coverage have been blocked in court. More legal tests are likely, starting in San Francisco.
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By Eric Berkman  E-mail conversations between an employee and his lawyer, conducted via the employee's private, Web-based e-mail account but from a company-issued computer, were protected by the attorney- client privilege, a Massachusetts Superior Court judge has ruled.
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With several reporters facing possible jail sentences and fines, there are signs mounting legal pressure on journalists to reveal confidential sources is having a chilling effect on newsgathering.
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The Bush administration says it won't appeal a court decision that blocks proposed regulations aimed at loosening limits on media ownership.
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Even as the options-backdating scandal continues to grow, law firms that represent shareholders are struggling to find a foothold.