Cook County prosecutors claim Innocence Project journalism students paid witness to make a case

Prosecutors looking into the conduct of student journalists investigating a murder conviction for Northwestern University’s Innocence Project say they  subpoenaed students’ grades, e-mail messages and records because they believed students paid a witness to achieve a result supporting innocence. -DB

The New York Times
November 10, 2009
By Emma Graves Fitzsimmons
CHICAGO — Prosecutors on Tuesday accused former [...]

Legality in question: Publication of stolen Twitter employee’s e-mails

A legal expert says that in the case of TechCrunch’s publication of stolen Twitter documents, should the matter ever go to trial, it may come down to whether the court considers bloggers “press” and thereby under the protection by California’s shield law. -DB
MediaShift
Commentary
August 25, 2009
By Jeffrey D. Neuburger
In June of this year, the personal email account [...]