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Web site must delay posting of firms' stock recommendations

Posted on March 18, 2010
Theflyonthewall.com had argued that it publishes broker reports only after they've become 'public,' but federal judge says site must wait until financial services firms have had time to alert clients.

Immigration agency issues $111K bill for FOIA request

Posted on March 18, 2010
Research group protests, saying it wants list of what's in database on citizenship applications, not data itself.

Pa. D.A. can't bring 'sexting' charges against girl, rules 3rd Circuit

Posted on March 17, 2010
Prosecutor had threatened to pursue felony charges against subject of racy cell-phone photo unless teen agreed to participate in diversionary program, write essay.

Calif. appeals court won't dismiss cyberbullying suit

Posted on March 17, 2010
Judges find comments posted on 15-year-old's Web site revealed harmful intent that isn't protected by free speech.

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Judge in Ohio serial-killing trial backs off threat to arrest reporter

Posted on March 17, 2010
Shirley Strickland Saffold had sought source of leak to Plain Dealer; Judge Timothy McGinty said he had allowed journalist to see psychiatric evaluation.

Tenn. lags in posting online court-case info

Posted on March 17, 2010
Open-records advocates say there's no excuse for overwhelming majority of counties not to provide this service to public.

9th Circuit: OT laws don't cover seminarians

Posted on March 16, 2010
Court cites 'ministerial exception' to employment laws required by First Amendment religious liberty.

Defamation case against Oprah to proceed

Posted on March 16, 2010
Federal judge refuses to dismiss suit by ex-head of Winfrey's girls school in South Africa, saying remarks talk-show host made about sex-abuse scandal were 'capable of defamatory meaning.'

Virgin Islands jury finds newspaper libeled judge

Posted on March 16, 2010
Attorney vows to appeal, saying, 'We fully expect that our reporting on the actions and decisions of public officials ... will be supported and the free expression of ideas will be fully vindicated.'

Federal courts to provide audio recordings of some trials

Posted on March 16, 2010
Judicial Conference of the United States, which sets federal court policies, says its actions will improve public access.

Hawaii considers law to ignore Obama 'birthers'

Posted on March 16, 2010
A sure way to fuel desire for more information is to 'draw down a veil of secrecy,' opposing legislator says. FOI Day report

AP review: Use of FOIA exemptions rose in 2009

Posted on March 15, 2010
Study of reports filed by 17 federal agencies finds that despite president's promise of more openness, use of legal exemptions to keep records secret increased during last fiscal year.

Giraffe satire can go back up on Web site

Posted on March 15, 2010
Louisiana state judge rules that joke story about animal killing wildlife trainer is protected speech.

Conn. judge rules state can force-feed inmate

Posted on March 15, 2010
ACLU had called hunger strike 'an important form of political protest' and argued that ending William Coleman's against his will would violate his free speech.

James Madison Award winners push for public right to know

Posted on March 15, 2010
Watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington and National Security Archive lawyer Meredith Fuchs honored for promoting public's right to know.

Audit: Agencies lag in following Obama's openness order

Posted on March 14, 2010
National Security Archive finds a decidedly mixed record in review of how 90 agencies responded to president's directives to open more records.

4th Circuit nixes N.C. airport ban on news racks

Posted on March 14, 2010
Panel finds First Amendment overrides security concerns invoked by airport authority.

Ads for 'reduced risk' cigarettes were misleading, Vt. court rules

Posted on March 14, 2010
Judge finds that tobacco giant R.J. Reynolds engaged in deceptive advertising in promoting Eclipse brand as less risky than conventional smokes.

Conservative views prevail in Texas school lessons

Posted on March 14, 2010
State education board shapes standards, including required teaching of Judeo-Christian influences on Founding Fathers, that can affect what's in textbooks nationwide.

Obama deputy: Transparency a priority, but takes time

Posted on March 14, 2010
By Gene Policinski Training is an issue, notes Norman Eisen during National FOI Day conference at the Newseum.

Sunshine Week 2010 at a glance

Posted on March 13, 2010
A look at this year's Sunshine Week activities.

New Va. law to exempt yoga teachers from state regulations

Posted on March 12, 2010
Measure, which takes effect July 1, comes in response to plan by state's higher education council to regulate programs in which students are trained to be yoga instructors.

Nev. officials can limit brothel ads, 9th Circuit finds

Posted on March 11, 2010
Three-judge panel reverses lower court ruling that two state laws prohibiting brothel advertising in counties where prostitution is illegal were overly broad and unconstitutional.

Ga. man who posted 'Elton John must die' video arrested

Posted on March 11, 2010
Anti-abortion activist Neal Horsley says musician 'desecrated ? blasphemed the Lord Jesus Christ' in comments to magazine.

Lesbian teen sues to force Miss. district to reinstate prom

Posted on March 11, 2010
Lawsuit also asks that Constance McMillen be allowed to escort her girlfriend, who is a fellow student, and wear a tuxedo to dance.

ACLU backs Web site in giraffe satire

Posted on March 11, 2010
Brief filed in Louisiana court says Hammond Action News should be allowed to restore article because Supreme Court has protected satire.

Divided 9th Circuit panel upholds 'under God' in Pledge

Posted on March 10, 2010
In separate ruling also involving Sacramento atheist Michael Newdow, same three-judge panel backs use of 'In God We Trust' on coins and currency.

Miss. school board calls off prom, citing 'distractions'

Posted on March 10, 2010
Constance McMillen, who had asked to be allowed to attend dance with her girlfriend, says Itawamba County school board's action is retaliation.

Ruling: Fla. residents don't have right to be heard at public meetings

Posted on March 10, 2010
Three-judge appeals panel rejects residents' claims that park board violated state's Sunshine Law by refusing to let them speak at meetings.

2nd mistrial declared in case against N.J. blogger

Posted on March 10, 2010
Judge halts trial of Hal Turner, who's charged with threatening federal judges, after jurors say they are hopelessly deadlocked.

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