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Strategies & Market Trends : Anthony@Pacific & TRUTHSEEKER Expose Crims & Scammers!!!
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To: ravenseye who wrote (292)2/22/2006 12:36:23 AM
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THAT CASE IS IN THE APPEALS COURT IN MARYLAND. THE JUDGE SHOULD BE RULING ON THAT CASE SOON.

Protecting reporter’s sources and subscribers: In re. Mulligan
Pending. ACLU of Maryland joined Public Citizen in filing an amicus brief (and serving as local counsel) in a case before the Court of Special Appeals concerning the rights of internet users to remain anonymous and the rights of internet publications to maintain the confidentiality of their sources and their subscribers. Timothy Mulligan, a reporter for an internet stock newsletter called the Eyeshade Report who had written a report critical of Matrixx Initiatives, Inc., is appealing from the refusal of the Montgomery County Circuit Court to quash a subpoena served upon him by Matrixx. The subpoena seeks broad discovery of Mulligan's sources, notes, drafts of the Matrixx report and a list of all persons who had received the report (i.e., Eyeshade subscribers). The subpoena relates to a lawsuit -- which appears to be a Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation (SLAPP) -- filed by Matrixx in Arizona against numerous John Does, alleging defamation and various similar offenses by the Does through their postings on internet discussion boards. The brief is being filed "primarily to address the First Amendment rights of anonymous readers and subscribers who are otherwise unrepresented" in the case. It asserts (1) that Maryland news media privileges bar discovery of Mulligan's sources and other information collected in the course of reporting, and (2) that the First Amendment right to read anonymously bars identification of Eyeshade subscribers. David Arkush (Public Citizen Litigation Group). [Jeon]
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