Intellectual Property
Sep. 21, 2001
Reporters Can be Sued For Sources, Judge Rules
SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco judge has rejected a claim that a novel lawsuit alleging that journalists' sources are trade secrets is an effort to chill First Amendment rights, and he has allowed the suit to move forward.




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