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By Lee Levine
Lawyer, Levine Sullivan & Koch
In the United States, the government may not prevent the publication of a newspaper, even when there is reason to believe that it is about to reveal information that will endanger our national security. FULL STORY>



Pa. high court throws out $3.5M defamation verdict
Justices order new trial in lawsuit against newspaper, saying they were sufficiently troubled by role played in case by two judges at center of unrelated juvenile-justice scandal. 11.05.09
 
Kan. newspaper fights to protect jailhouse interview
County attorney seeks notes, testimony from Dodge City Daily Globe reporter Claire O'Brien, who spoke with man charged in fatal shooting. 11.05.09


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