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• California and the New TV Technology

  Here's reporting from the NY Times on manufacturers' attempts to comply with California's energy guidelines for HD televisions.

• NY Reporter Convicted Of Attempted Assault

  The New York Times reports that NY1 reporter Dominic Carter has been convicted of attempted assault on his wife. Mr. Carter faces up to three months in jail. Read more here.

• High School Band T-Shirts Out Of Tune With Administration, Some Parents' Message

  From the Sedalia Democrat: The Smith-Cotton High School band had to abandon new t-shirts that showed a monkey evolving into a man--you've undoubtedly seen that image. The difference here was that the various iterations of…

• West Virginia Supreme Court: Judge's Personal Emails Not Subject To Disclosure Under State FOIA

  The West Virginia Supreme Court has held that a judge's personal emails that are not otherwise related to his or her official duties are not subject to the state's Freedom of Information Act. The Associated…

• An Analysis Of the Danish Cartoon Controversy

  Robert A. Kahn, University of St. Thomas School of Law (Minnesota) has published "Flemming Rose, the Danish Cartoon Controversy, and the New European Freedom of Speech," as U. of St. Thomas Legal Studies Research Paper…

• An Excess of Caution at the BBC?

  Mark Lawson evaluates what may be a much more timid BBC after outrageous episodes such as the Russell Brand/Jonathan Ross mess. Artists are now complaining that the venerable network is now too cautious, "dumbing down"…

• Regulation Of UK Bloggers? Not So Fast

  The Media Guardian's Roy Greenslade discusses the flap over possible regulation of UK bloggers. The Press Complaints Commission's Chair Peta Buscombe now says she only proposes to regulate those bloggers who volunteer to be regulated…

• Jon Gosselin May Face Yet Another Lawsuit

  According to MSNBC.com, Jon Gosselin's former PA may be set to sue him over a contract they may (or may not) have entered into last summer. Here's the language. “I, Jon Gosselin, will employ Kate…

• Judging the Judges

  Margaret Tarkington, Brigham Young University Law School, has published "A Free Speech Right to Impugn Judicial Integrity in Court Proceedings," forthcoming in Boston College Law Review. Here is the abstract. Throughout the United States, state…

• Court Officer Blocks Reporters From Leaving Vegas Courtroom After Murray Hearing

  The AP reports that a court officer temporarily prevented reporters from leaving the courtroom after they were attempting to leave a hearing involving Dr. Conrad Murray, the late Michael Jackson's physician. The hearing apparently did…