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Litigation

Feb. 4, 2012

Lawsuit against CNN will proceed, judge rules

A lawsuit against CNN over the lack of closed captioning for videos on its website will move forward after a federal judge on Thursday rejected claims that the case infringes on the company's free-speech rights.


By Amy Yarbrough


Daily Journal Staff Writer


OAKLAND - A lawsuit against CNN over the lack of closed captioning for videos on its website will move forward after a federal judge on Thursday rejected claims that the case infringes on the company's free-speech rights.


Magistrate Judge Laurel D. Beeler denied CNN's motion to throw out the suit, filed by the Greater Los Angeles Agency on Deafness Inc. (GLAD), on the grounds that it violate...

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