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Media Law - July 02, 2009
A revised open meeting law took effect yesterday in Idaho. Notably, the bill toughens the penalties imposed on public officials who violate the law. Under the new law:A board member who conducts or participates in an unlawful meeting is subject to a civil penalty of $50.A boar
Media Law - June 28, 2009
As I wrote here Friday, the ethics bill passed this week by the Massachusetts legislature had the ironic effect of weakening the open meeting law. Two opinion pieces published over the weekend make this point in
Media Law - June 26, 2009
The Massachusetts legislature yesterday unanimously approved a major ethics bill and Gov. Deval Patrick last night indicated he would sign it. Few members of the public realize that contained within this bill is a major overhaul of the state's open m
Media Law - June 22, 2009
Commenting on the Haverhill school committee's secret meeting to discuss an overdue electric bill, The Salem News says:In general, public officials should err on the side of openness rather than
Media Law - June 22, 2009
The judge who sent threatening letters to the publisher of The Boston Herald received a public reprimand today from the Supreme Judicial Court. The SJC concluded that Superior Court Judge Ernest B. Murphy violated standards of judicial ethics when he wrote two letters to Herald Publishe
Media Law - June 22, 2009
For the third year running, Dennis Kennedy's Blawggie Awards have named Lawyer2Lawyer as the best legal podcast.
Media Law - June 22, 2009
Voting ends tomorrow, Jan. 2, for best legal podcast in the ABA Journal Blawg 100. Our podcast, Lawyer2Lawyer, was in the lead, but has fallen into s
Media Law - June 22, 2009
Latest example of government officials turning the law upside down: Preparing to go into a closed school committee meeting, the Wilmington, Mass., school superintendent told a Sun reporter that it would be illegal for the committee to meet in public. In fact, the law requires a public meeting ...
Media Law - June 22, 2009
I received the following announcement from Bruce Mohl, editor of CommonWealth Magazine:January 30 , 2009 Har
Media Law - June 22, 2009
A bedrock principle of libel law is that truth is an absolute defense. If what you say about someone is true, the person cannot win a libel case against you, even if you defame them. The federal appeals court in Boston put a jackhammer to the bedrock this week. In
Media Law - June 22, 2009
The 1st Circuit's libel ruling that I wrote about here yesterday has drawn reaction from a number of commentators. Dan Kennedy
Media Law - June 22, 2009
Friday's 1st Circuit decision that truth is not always a defense to libel -- which I posted about here and here -- continues
Media Law - June 22, 2009
The Essex County District Attorney's Office has determined that the Boxford, Mass., Board of Health violated the open meeting law when it deliberated policy issues through a series of e-mails sent between March and June 2008. Both
Media Law - June 22, 2009
Maryland's highest appellate court has issued a significant ruling underscoring the First Amendment's protection of anonymous comments posted online. The Maryland Court of Appeals decision, Independent Newspapers v. Brodie, is only the se
Media Law - June 22, 2009
AP reporter Denise Lavoie has this story today on the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision in Noonan v. Staples that I
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