(cross posted at the Citizen Media Law Project)
A federal judge's ruling that a blogger was not covered by Oregon's reporters' shield law is being appealed to the Ninth Circuit,
and is getting some amicus support from media organizations. But the
appeal -- and the amici -- are not addressing the main issue that led to
an online uproar over the trial judge's initial decision.
Oct 18, 2012
Study Finds Significant Juror Interest In Internet, But No Use -- Yet
(cross posted at the Citizen Media Law Project)
A survey of jurors from 15 trials has found that jurors generally understand instructions not to use the Internet or social media to research or communicate about trials, but that many jurors wish they could use technology to do some sort of research about the cases they sat on. Very few, however, reported that they had violated admonishments not to research or discuss the case with others prior to deliberations, and all of these involved pre-deliberation discussions with either fellow jurors or family members. None involved the internet or social media.
A survey of jurors from 15 trials has found that jurors generally understand instructions not to use the Internet or social media to research or communicate about trials, but that many jurors wish they could use technology to do some sort of research about the cases they sat on. Very few, however, reported that they had violated admonishments not to research or discuss the case with others prior to deliberations, and all of these involved pre-deliberation discussions with either fellow jurors or family members. None involved the internet or social media.
Oct 4, 2012
Love's Twitter Suit Lives On
The lawsuit against Courtney Live by the law firm that represented her in estate of her husband Kurt Cobain over tweets the singer sent about her lawyer is continuing.
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