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New Jersey Blogger Not Protected by Shield Law

By Carolyn Elefant

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Bloggers may be gaining respect as citizen reporters or commentators, but they still don't have all of the legal protections that apply to journalists. As The New Jersey Law Journal (via Law.com) reports, Monmouth County, New Jersey Superior Court Judge Louis Locascio ruled that blogger Shellee Hale is not covered by New Jersey's reporter shield laws and must disclose the source of comments posted on Oprano.com, a site dedicated to "the business of porn." According to the article, Hale's comments at Oprano criticized a software product known as NATS, which helps businesses that link to each other keep track of...

Full post as published by Legal Blog Watch on July 08, 2009 (boomark / email).

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