Publication Items

SEJ, J-Groups Urge High Court To Toss Curb on Speech in Wildlife Case [1]

Sloppy legal draftsmanship resulted in a 1999 law that could put journalists and publishers in jail for doing investigative exposés of animal cruelty.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Laws & Regulations [3]
Activism [4]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Congress Renews Efforts To Reform 19th Century Mining Law [7]

Critics of the US General Mining Act of 1872 are hopeful that the law, which was crafted at a time when the priority was encouraging mining in a largely unsettled West, will finally be revamped.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [8]
Topics on the Beat:
Natural Resources [9]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Battle Over Chemical Facility Security Reignites [10]

The extended deadline for temporary regulations addressing the security of thousands of chemical facilities expires Oct. 4, 2009. If Congress doesn't enact new legislation, business may continue as usual. But there is a possibility that Congress will act this year.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [8]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [11]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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In B.C., Freedom of Information May Not Be Free [12]

"Crown copyright" may be emerging in British Columbia as a way for a government claiming openness to subvert freedom-of-information law.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Laws & Regulations [3]
Government [13]
Region:
Canada [14]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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SEC Poised To Mandate Climate Risk Disclosure by Firms [15]

Federal regulators may require corporations to assess and reveal how the effects of climate change may impact their financial health.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [16]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Dole Sues "Bananas!" Film-Maker For Defamation [17]

Showing of the film, depicting purported harm and claims of sterility by Nicaraguan plantation workers, went ahead at the Los Angeles Film Festival, even though an April 2009 Superior Court ruled that those claims were fraudulent.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [18]
Economy & Business [19]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Region:
California [20]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Rockefeller Introduces Bill To Outlaw Bayer Chem-Secrecy Ruse [21]

Rockefeller's bill keeps FOIA exemptions for real security information, but forbids using the "sensitive security information" stamp.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [11]
Disasters [22]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [23]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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High Court To Rule on Whether "Animal Cruelty" Is Exempt From 1st Amendment [24]

This case may make it illegal for journalists to cover animal cruelty cases like the Michael Vicks dogfighting prosecution — or even to shoot investigative video of out-of-season fishing.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Laws & Regulations [3]
Journalism & Media [25]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Beach Nourishment: Supreme Court To Decide Who Owns the New Sand [26]

When governments or communities pay to replenish beaches along privately owned beachfront property — or create new beaches by trucking in sand — what does that mean for the landowners' waterfront rights and property value?
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [8]
Topics on the Beat:
Planning & Growth [27]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Water & Oceans [28]
Military [29]
People & Population [30]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [31]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Feds Boost Lead-Reduction Effort in Houses [32]

About $100 million in funding is earmarked for 53 projects in 20 states and the District of Columbia by the US Dept. of Housing and Urban Development.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [8]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [11]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Government [13]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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