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• State bar associations stymying lawyers use of blogs and social media

  
  Real Lawyers Have Blogs — Authority: 534
  I cant tell you how often Im asked by lawyers What about the state bar rules that prevent us from blogging and using social media? Without even giving thought to what they rules are, its just presumed by lawyers and law firms that ethics rules will stand in the way of their use blogs and social media. Note, there ...
  18 hours ago

• LawPRO Magazines Social Media Issue is Online

  
  Wise Law Blog — Authority: 126
  LawPRO Magazine devotes much of its issue this month to an in-depth examination of social medias impact on the legal profession, so do take a look. See: Social media: Why, what and how to do it right . As an added bonus, you will find a nice pic and article about yours very truly inside . Many ...
  1 day ago

• NoW pays libel damages to union leader

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 988
  Derek Simpson, joint general secretary of Unite union, paid damages by News of the World over false election rules claim The union leader Derek Simpson was won libel damages from the News of the World today after the paper falsely claimed he breached election rules to give himself an unfair advantage. Simpson, the ...
  2 days ago

• US shield law not for bloggers?

  
  Doctor of Journalism — Authority: 104
  For those of you who have not followed the issue, the US Senate is considering a so-called Shield Law, which will give federal protection to journalists (mainly protecting them from having to reveal their sources) - you can read more about the status and content of state shield laws in the US here, and more [...]
  3 days ago

• 10-year-old girl "tased" in rural Arkansas

  
  Legal Ruralism — Authority: 133
  Law enforcement’s use of improper tasering is a concern that occasionally gains media-wide attention. For example, when a police officer tasered a 72-year-old great-grandmother during a traffic stop in May of this year both CNN and Fox News covered the story. Recently, in rural Arkansas, a police ...
  3 days ago

• Jack Straw reveals plan to reform UKs chilling libel laws

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 988
  Justice secretary says he plans to change the law on defamation amid concern over the way huge payouts awarded to claimants are attracting libel tourists to Britain The government is planning to introduce a "radically reduced cap" on the level of fees in successful defamation cases as part of radical reforms to ...
  3 days ago

• Government to set up working group on libel law reform

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 988
  Labour peer acknowledges concerns about free speech and libel tourism in English courts The government is to set up a working group on reforming the controversial English libel law. Lord Tunnicliffe, the Labour peer, told parliament yesterday that the justice minister, Jack Straw, intended to establish the group ...
  4 days ago

• The Buzz (ABS-CBN): Can Facebook comments on Manny Pacquiao, Jinkee, Krista Ranillo, posted by another celebrity, be the subject of showbiz news?

  
  notes of marichu c. lambino — Authority: 125
  Snippet of a segment produced by “The Buzz” of ABS-CBN Channel 2, excerpted here for review and academic purposes
  5 days ago

• Roy Greenslade: Lester prepares libel law reform bill

  
  Media: Greenslade | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 142
  Reforms designed to end abuses of the libel laws which jeopardise freedom of speech could be on the statute book within months under a plan which is attracting cross-party support, reports the Sunday Times . Lord Lester , the leading human rights barrister, is drawing up a defamation reform bill, which would ...
  1 week ago

• Roy Greenslade: Russias richest woman sues Sunday Times for libel

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 988
  Russias richest woman Yelena Baturina is suing the Sunday Times for libel, reports the Press Gazette . She claims that a story run by the paper in September, stating that she was buying a 65-room mansion in Highgate, was false and has damaged her reputation Now she is seeking damages, an apology and a ...
  1 week ago

• Roy Greenslade: Irish Times editor disappointed at costs ruling

  
  Media: Greenslade | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 142
  Freedom of the press depends on responsibility, protection of sources and a newspapers financial security, Irish Times editor Geraldine Kennedy said last night. It followed a day in which the paper had been ordered by the supreme court to pay €600,000 in legal costs despite having won the case, which hinged ...
  1 week ago

• LEAVE PLUNKET ALONE

  
  roarprawn — Authority: 501
  While we sort of get why Sean Plunket didnt win his case about being untreated fairly re his employment dispute with RNZ on a purist point, we are wondering why Commie Radio is so hell bent on denying their star the right to freedom of speech. Now we get it that Plunkets contract does indeed mean the RNZ ...
  1 week ago

• AM.MN: Media descends on Minneapolis’ ‘Little Mogadishu’

  
  Minnesota Independent: News. Politics. Media. — Authority: 654
  Unsealed court documents have unleashed a wave of press about an American ring allied with a terror group in Somalia. Minneapolis “ is the center of it ,” the local FBI head tells the AP. “ Now we should all be on guard ,” he tells the Wall Street Journal. The LA Times dubs Minneapolis “the de facto ...
  1 week ago

• Scientology and the Media

  
  Concurring Opinions — Authority: 604
  Much like everything else in our debt-ridden economy, the media has hit hard times.  Papers have folded, fired staff, or been sold.  This leaves news markets with fewer papers and less investigative reporting.  Amidst this glum report comes another trend worth discussing.  As the mainstream media centralizes its ...
  1 week ago

• When piracy isnt theft | Alexandros Stavrakas

  
  Comment is free | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 164
  The argument over file sharing is redundant: creative businesses must change, and the social value of free must be recognised Stewart Brand, during the first Hackers Conference in 1984, uttered the infamous maxim, " Information wants to be free ". The implication was that any attempt to control and limit the free ...
  1 week ago

• Announcing the Launch of ObiterTweet by Steven Pulver

  
  Law is Cool — Authority: 430
  It’s a law student’s dream – or maybe a nightmare.  Law firm recruiters scouring social media networks to find an appropriate candidate for their firm. The current recruitment process does little to reveal the personality, collegiality, drive and habits of applicants.  It does nothing to demonstrate their ...
  1 week ago

• NoW censured over child thug story

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 988
  PCC rules paper breaches code twice by making unsubstantiated claims over boys behaviour and failing to do enough to conceal his identity The News of the World has been censured by the Press Complaints Commission over a story about a seven-year-old "knife thug". In its ruling the PCC said the paper had breached its ...
  1 week ago

• Roy Greenslade: New site helps journalists with media law

  
  Media: Greenslade | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 142
  Baffled by the fast-moving developments in media law? Then a new blog , launched by Tim Crook , may well help you through the minefield. He is also planning to run a companion website for his forthcoming book, Comparative Media Law & Ethics , which compares the UKs media law with that in the US. Crook, now a ...
  1 week ago

• Tim Crook launches new media law blog

  
  Jon Slattery — Authority: 544
  Court reporting specialist Tim Crook, senior lecturer in Media Law & Ethics at Goldsmiths, University of London, has started a monthly media law blog . It is on the companion web-site for his forthcoming text Comparative Media Law & Ethics that compares the media law of the UK and USA. The web-site will be ...
  1 week ago

• Sunday Times: Jack Straw pledges action to end libel tourism

  
  Martin Stabe — Authority: 434
  "The justice secretary says the large legal fees involved in defamation cases in English courts are jeopardising freedom of speech, potentially curbing vital debate by scientists, academics and journalists."
  2 weeks ago

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