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[...] English courts have liberally taken cases that had virtually no connection to the country. Denis Macshane, a Labour Party member of Parliament, was apparendy referring to Eady in a December 2008 debate as he explained the problem with having one judge handle the bulk of significant libel cases: I shall not name him, because he is an honorable man, but it cannot be right that one area of law is principally in the hands of a single judge.
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When Missouri employment law cases started to shift from federal to state courts in the early 2000s, Jerome Dobson and his firm saw an opportunity to help shape caselaw in a largely untested arena. Last year, Dobson scored two major victories for fired workers, in a pair of cases that the Missouri Supreme Court decided on the same day: Fleshner v. Pepose Vision Institute and Keveney v. Missouri Military Academy.
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Federal courts keep some cases completely off the docket, depriving the public information about the justice system. Here, Mitchell and Burgess contend that the public's right to open judicial proceedings is jeopardized when public dockets have holes.
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Similar protections apply in criminal cases, although the burden is easier to overcome in cases where the subpoena seeks information about a grand jury leak or a confidential source in a criminal case where the reporter witnessed the source committing a felony, if the source admitted committing a felony to the journalist, if there is probable cause to believe the source committed a felony, or if disclosure is necessary to prevent "reasonably certain death or substantial bodily harm." [...] Prather said, what made this a successful year was the bill's broad, bipartisan appeal and support from nonjournalists such as attorneys and even a former state Supreme Court justice.
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A law that allows a reporter to promise confidentiality to a source sounds like something that would only be of interest to a leaker or a leakee. But it really is something that affects everyone in a democracy where the people are expected to make informed choices.
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It will start with a tendency to allow cameras in non-divisive, noncontroversial cases," Burke said. [...] nobody may want to watch that, but the change will be incremental. [...] staged re-enactments may be the only form of transparency available to the public.
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Judges have awarded some pretty large fines in similar cases, such as the escalating fines of up to $5,000 a day that former USA Today reporter Toni Locy faced when she fought to keep secret the confidential source she used in reporting on the anthrax investigations. Because a corporate newspaper has deeper pockets than a reporter, Niehoff said the paper could face an even larger fine.
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In a growing number of legal cases, courtroom doors are shutting out the public and press in the name of national security. Burgess discusses the state secrets privilege in 23 cases which are invoked by the Bush Administration. Among other things, she says that state secrets cases increasingly hinder journalists' ability to report on controversial court cases.
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SecurLinx, a Morgantown-based advanced technology and software development company specializing in information sharing, secure access, surveillance and biometric identification, has acquired AmberView. AmberView is a West Virginia-developed program that assisted the state with child abduction cases by quickly issuing a child's digital picture to law enforcement, school officials, media and residents.
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Hundreds of sealed criminal and civil cases that until recently were labeled with a falsity--"No such case"--are now being acknowledged as existing on the computer docketing system in US District Court in Washington DC. Finding the cases takes a bit of sleuthing for gaps in sequential case numbers on the docket--a glitch in the court's computer system for which there is no easy fix, court officials say. But the Administrative Office of the US Courts is working on a solution.
