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Courts Government 

LA Times Sues Feds for Records on Sex Abuse of ICE Detainees

December 2, 2020December 3, 2020 CARSON McCULLOUGH
FOIA, Homeland Security, ICE, immigration detention, The Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles Times sued a trio of government agencies claiming they are withholding crucial documents detailing allegations of widespread sexual abuse and misconduct at ICE detention centers.

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Business Media 

LA Times Union Reaches Contract Agreement With Owner

October 16, 2019October 17, 2019 NATHAN SOLIS
Journalism, newspapers, Publishing, The Los Angeles Times, unions

After more than a year of contract negotiations at the Los Angeles Times, the newsroom’s union reached a contract agreement on Wednesday evening after the newspaper was purchased in February 2018 and broke away from a Chicago-based publisher.

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Courts Government Media Regional 

No Discovery for LA County in Public Records Fight With LA Times

June 25, 2019June 25, 2019 NATHAN SOLIS
discovery, Los Angeles County, public records, The Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles Times need not disclose its reporters’ sources and unpublished information as requested by Los Angeles County amid a fight over access to public records in the Sheriff’s Department and other county agencies, an LA County judge ruled Tuesday.

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Arts Government Regional 

Split Decision in Bid to Save Landmark LA Times Buildings

November 27, 2018November 28, 2018 NATHAN SOLIS
landmarks, Real Estate, The Los Angeles Times

LOS ANGELES (CN) – A portion of the Art Deco former headquarters of the Los Angeles Times inched closer to

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Criminal Media 

LA Judge Backtracks on Press Photo Blackout in Murder Case

September 27, 2018September 28, 2018 NATHAN SOLIS
Journalism, Los Angeles County, murder, Photography, press rights, The Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles Times and The Associated Press prevailed Thursday in a challenge of a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge’s order blocking media outlets from publishing photographs from the arraignment of a man who is charged in the murders of homeless men.

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Civil Rights Criminal Media 

LA Times Wins Reprieve From Judge’s Story-Deletion Order

July 17, 2018July 30, 2018 NATHAN SOLIS
FBI, Journalism, press rights, The Los Angeles Times

A federal judge on Tuesday threw out his order requiring the Los Angeles Times to delete part of an online article about a plea deal made between an ex-police detective and federal prosecutors – information gleaned from the court’s public computer records.

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Media Regional 

Billionaire Doctor Finalizes Takeover of LA Times

June 18, 2018June 18, 2018 NATHAN SOLIS
Journalism, newspapers, The Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles Times will have a new owner starting on Monday as biotech billionaire Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong finalizes his $500 million purchase, and the newspaper will start a new chapter this summer by moving out of its downtown headquarters.

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Employment Media 

LA Times Managers Lob Labor Charge at Fledgling Union

June 1, 2018June 1, 2018 NATHAN SOLIS
The Los Angeles Times, unions

Los Angeles Times managers have accused the newsroom’s union of not bargaining in “good faith” over contract negotiations and for withholding data used to compile a report revealing a pay gap at the newspaper for women and journalists of color.

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Media Regional 

New Owner Moving LA Times Out of Historic Downtown Digs

April 13, 2018April 16, 2018 NATHAN SOLIS
Journalism, Los Angeles, newspapers, Real Estate, The Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles Times will leave its downtown headquarters later this summer for a temporary location in El Segundo southwest of LA, the newspaper’s incoming owner said at an employee meeting on Friday.

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Media Regional 

Billionaire Doctor Buys LA Times for $500 Million

February 6, 2018February 7, 2018 NATHAN SOLIS
Journalism, mergers & acquisitions, The Los Angeles Times

A Los Angeles doctor who also holds a large of number of shares of the LA Times’ parent company is in talks to purchase the newspaper, according to multiple news outlets.

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Media Regional 

New Editor Expected in Latest LA Times Shake-Up

January 29, 2018January 30, 2018 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Journalism, The Los Angeles Times

In another newsroom shake-up at the Los Angeles Times, veteran journalist Jim Kirk is expected to be named editor in chief to replace Lewis D’Vorkin, whose short tenure was marked by clashes with staff, the paper reported Monday.

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Employment Media 

LA Times Newsroom Bid to Unionize Passed by Wide Margin

January 19, 2018January 22, 2018 NATHAN SOLIS
Journalism, The Los Angeles Times, unions

After 136 years, the Los Angeles Times newsroom has formed a union after votes were tallied on Friday by federal employees.

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Employment Media Regional 

LA Times Newsroom Votes on Unionizing This Week

January 3, 2018January 4, 2018 NATHAN SOLIS
Journalism, The Los Angeles Times, unions

The Los Angeles Times newsroom will vote this week to determine if a union is in the cards for reporters who tell the stories of countless lives across the region and the world.

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Entertainment 

Judge Rejects Cartoonist’s Defamation Claim Against Tribune

August 18, 2017August 18, 2017 MATT REYNOLDS
California, cartoons and animation, defamation, First Amendment, Journalism, newspapers, termination, The Los Angeles Times

Cartoonist Ted Rall faced another setback in his defamation and wrongful termination lawsuit against the LA Times, when a Superior Court judge granted Tribune Media’s motion to strike his complaint under the First Amendment.

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Appeals Criminal Media 

Conviction for LA Times Hacking Helper Upheld

June 26, 2017July 5, 2017 HELEN CHRISTOPHI
Anonymous, Fraud, hackers, hacking, internet, Journalism, Ninth Circuit, The Los Angeles Times, websites

Former Tribune Publishing employee Matthew Keys is not off the hook for helping hackers from the group Anonymous tamper with the Los Angeles Times website seven years ago, according to a Monday ruling from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

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Civil Rights Media 

LA Times Staff Prevails in Defamation Battle With Cartoonist

June 21, 2017June 22, 2017 MATT REYNOLDS
defamation, Law5, The Los Angeles Times

A judge Wednesday granted a Los Angeles Times editor, writer and former publisher’s motion to toss cartoonist Ted Rall’s defamation claims, citing a California law designed to protect free speech and quash frivolous lawsuits.

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Appeals Criminal Technology 

Journalist Fights to Overturn Hacking Conviction

June 13, 2017June 14, 2017 HELEN CHRISTOPHI
Anonymous, computer, Fraud, hacking, indictment, journalists, Ninth Circuit, The Los Angeles Times

The Ninth Circuit cautiously signaled Tuesday that it may reverse parts of former Tribune Publishing employee Matthew Keys’ conviction for helping hackers from the group Anonymous deface the Los Angeles Times website in 2010.

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Government Media National Politics 

White House Bars Major News Outlets From Gaggle

February 24, 2017May 10, 2018 ASSOCIATED PRESS
CNN, Donald Trump, Journalism, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times

News organizations including the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, CNN and Politico were blocked from joining an informal, on-the-record White House press briefing on Friday.

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Criminal Government Media Trials 

Reporter Ordered to Testify at Baca Obstruction Trial

December 2, 2016May 4, 2017 MATT REYNOLDS
California, Lee Baca, Los Angeles, press rights, Secondary, The Los Angeles Times

A federal judge ordered a reporter Thursday to testify in the obstruction and conspiracy trial of former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca, saying the public’s interest in the case trumps constitutional protections for reporters.

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