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Litigation

Jun. 15, 2006

Media Payment to End Wen Ho Lee Lawsuit Has Its Virtues

Forum Column - By Peter Scheer - 'Deeply troubling." "Profoundly disturbing." "A huge disappointment." So intoned various media law mavens in lamenting the decision of The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, ABC News, The Washington Post and The Associated Press to join in a settlement of an invasion of privacy lawsuit filed by Wen Ho Lee, an atomic scientist once suspected of espionage.

Forum Column

By Peter Scheer
     

      'Deeply troubling." "Profoundly disturbing." "A huge disappointment."
      So intoned various media law mavens in lamenting the decision of The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, ABC News, The Washington Post and The Associated Press to join in a settlement of an invasion of privacy lawsuit filed by Wen Ho Lee, an atomic...

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