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Trump DOJ Drops Gag on Michael Cohen in Bid to Close Rights Suit

July 30, 2020July 30, 2020 ADAM KLASFELD
First Amendment, Justice Department, Michael Cohen, prior restraint, Publishing, Trump administration

A week after a federal judge ordered Michael Cohen’s release, federal prosecutors asked Thursday to close the case and agreed to abandon the gag order that sparked the First Amendment battle.

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Civil Rights Government Regional 

Judge Green-Lights Database of NYPD Disciplinary Records

July 28, 2020July 28, 2020 ADAM KLASFELD
FOIA, Journalism, NYC, NYPD, Police, prior restraint, privacy, restraining order, unions

Police unions failed Tuesday to block a civil rights group from publishing thousands of NYPD disciplinary records, broadening a repository first made public this weekend by the ProPublica.

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Arts Media Politics 

Ungagged and Unbound, Mary Trump Wins Court Fight Over Tell-All on President

July 13, 2020July 14, 2020 ADAM KLASFELD
books, Donald Trump, Free Speech, prior restraint, Publishing, Settlement, Trump family

Already the subject of countless news reports and book reviews, Mary Trump’s memoir “Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man” has been blessed for publication on the eve of its release.

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Civil Rights Courts 

Court Lifts Restraining Order Against Publisher of Tell-All on Trump

July 1, 2020July 2, 2020 ADAM KLASFELD
books, Donald Trump, prior restraint, Publishing, Settlement, Trump family

Overturning a key aspect of an extraordinary restraining order blocking publication of a book by the president’s niece Mary Trump, a New York appeals court ruled on Wednesday night that Simon & Schuster is not bound by it.

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Civil Rights Government Media 

Pre-Publication Review

June 30, 2020July 1, 2020 BRIEF
books, prior restraint, Publishing, Trump administration

The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University sued the Departments of State, Justice, et al. in federal court for “information related to the Trump administration’s prepublication review process for books by current and former staffers, which was originally intended to prevent the disclosure of confidential information.”

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Entertainment Government Media Politics 

Trump Family Tries to Block Another Book

June 24, 2020June 24, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Donald Trump, injunction, prior restraint, privacy, Publishing, Settlement, Trump family

President Trump’s brother has asked a New York City judge to prevent the president’s niece from publishing a tell-all book, which is expected to be released soon.

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Civil Rights Government 

US Prior-Restraint System Is Broken, Workers Tell Court

April 2, 2019April 2, 2019 ALEXANDRA JONES
censorship, CIA, First Amendment, military, national intelligence, prior restraint, Publishing

Five military and U.S. intelligence community veterans took legal aim Tuesday at the government’s system of prepublication review, calling it rife with dysfunction and inequality.

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Appeals Government Law 

Firm Loses Prior-Restraint Case Over Military Blueprints

January 31, 2019January 31, 2019 NICK RUMMELL
Attorneys, military, prior restraint, State Department

Ruling against a law firm that issues reports on export controls, a federal judge refused to block possible restrictions on the dissemination of military blueprints, even for materials in the public domain.

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Appeals Civil Rights Media 

Press Freedom

January 26, 2018January 26, 2018 ROBERT KAHN
Arizona, Constitution, First Amendment, Journalism, newspapers, prior restraint

The Arizona Court of Appeals reversed an order that prohibited Phoenix Newspapers and other outlets covering a murder trial from publishing a prosecutor’s name or likeness — which already had been reported.

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Civil Rights Media 

Iowa Newspaper Prevails in Prior-Restraint Case

December 19, 2017December 19, 2017 ROX LAIRD
Attorneys, Iowa, Journalism, prior restraint

A week after he barred an Iowa newspaper from reporting on public court records, a justice of the state Supreme Court Tuesday lifted his controversial order Tuesday.

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Government Media 

Court Quashes Bid to Curb Report on NJ Scandal

April 25, 2017September 28, 2018 NICK RUMMELL
children, custody, drugs, Journalism, Law5, New Jersey, newspapers, press rights, prior restraint, schools

A New Jersey appeals court refused Monday to let state officials reinstate months of media interference that erupted when the mother of a kindergartner who brought drugs to school in his lunchbox handed custody records to a reporter.

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Civil Rights Courts Media 

Judge Overturns Prior Restraint of Trentonian

March 31, 2017September 28, 2018 BARBARA LEONARD and NICK RUMMELL
Child Abuse, children, drugs, Journalism, New Jersey, newspapers, Press Freedom, prior restraint

Wrapping up a battle on prior restraint this week, a New Jersey judge threw out an attempt to censor a reporter given custody records about a kindergartner who brought heroin to school.

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Civil Rights Courts Criminal Media 

Reporter Under Fire Defends Receipt of Confidential Records

February 16, 2017September 28, 2018 NICK RUMMELL
Child Abuse, confidential, drugs, Family law, Journalism, New Jersey, newspapers, press rights, prior restraint

A reporter who obtained confidential child-custody documents testified before a New Jersey judge Wednesday that the child’s mother gave him the materials he is accused of stealing.

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