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The Special One admitted he feared the worst when his central defender lined up from the spot after crashing out of the Carabao Cup Jose Mourinho conceded he saw trouble coming when Manchester United got to Phil Jones in their 8-7 penalty shoot-out defeat to Derby County in the Carabao Cup on Tuesday. Click Here:…

NMU VIRGINIA Confidentiality/Privilege Judge in sniper case quashes subpoenas to reporters, denies leak probe The trial court judge quashed subpoenas without waiting to hear journalists’ First Amendment arguments. April 24, 2003 — The Virginia judge overseeing the Washington, D.C.-area sniper case today quashed subpoenas to four Washington Post reporters and denied defense attorneys’ requests for…

News Media Update WASHINGTON, D.C. Confidentiality/Privilege Feb. 2, 2005 Reporter’s shield bill introduced in House Journalists would be shielded from being forced to reveal confidential sources under the “Free Flow of Information Act.” Feb. 2, 2005 — A bill to provide reporters with an absolute privilege against compelled disclosure of their sources was introduced in…

NMU CALIFORNIA Confidentiality/Privilege Jun 5, 2000 Subpoena for photos dropped, contempt order vacated A judge who held a photographer in contempt for refusing to disclose unpublished photographs in mid-May vacated the contempt order after an arrested protester dropped his subpoena. A subpoena for four unpublished photos from The Oakland Tribune, and a contempt order for…

A federal trial judge in San Diego ruled on Monday that a defense contractor convicted of bribing former U.S. Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham could not subpoena reporters to determine the source of leaks in his grand jury investigation. Click Here: cheap INTERNATIONAL jersey In doing so, though, Judge Larry A. Burns refused to reach the…

This week, Kansas’ Senate Judiciary Committee heard testimony from supporters of a proposed shield law (Senate Bill 313). State Senate Majority Leader Derek Schmidt (R-Independence) sponsored the bill, which seeks to protect journalists from having to reveal confidential sources or turn over unpublished notes. The bill also incorporates a test to determine when the sources…

The Wisconsin Assembly yesterday passed the state’s first shield bill for reporters—clearing the first hurdle in the path to become a law,the Associated Press reported. The Whistleblower Protection Act, which passed on a voice vote, was introduced in the state legislature last May with the support of the Wisconsin Newspaper Association, the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association…

A Michigan prosecutor working on the retrial of a murder defendant filed a witness list earlier this month that included a reporter for The Orange County Register and seven law students, the Detroit Metro Times reported. California journalist Peggy Lowe attended interviews between the defendant and his student attorneys at the University of Michigan law…

In preparation for Thursday’s House Judiciary Committee hearing on a proposed federal shield law, the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press today released a “White Paper” outlining the impact on the free flow of information to the public of several new realities facing journalists: advances in technology, changes in rules of discovery, and new…

WASHINGTON —  It’s only a little over a month since an intelligence community whistleblower turned the Trump administration on its side; it may seem like more. At first, the story seemed straightforward: The informant charged that President Trump had pressured Ukraine’s new president to investigate Joe Biden’s son and blocked U.S. military aid to force the…