California court administrators are trying to create a new definition
for public documents that appears aimed at limiting press access. News
and First Amendment groups submitted comments Friday calling the change a
semantic "sleight of hand" that undermines fundamental press and public
freedoms.
The new definition, slipped into proposed rules for electronic filing, appears intended to deny press access to newly filed controversies until after a series of bureaucratic tasks are completed, a process that can take days or weeks.
Read more: http://www.courthousenews.com/2013/01/25/54290.htm
The new definition, slipped into proposed rules for electronic filing, appears intended to deny press access to newly filed controversies until after a series of bureaucratic tasks are completed, a process that can take days or weeks.
Read more: http://www.courthousenews.com/2013/01/25/54290.htm
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