New Jersey Court Denies Blogger Shield Protection

In this article on Too Much Media LLC et al v. Hale, New Jersey Supreme Court, No. A-7-10, it is announced that the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that blogger Shellee Hale was not entitled to the same protections as a journalist under the New Jersey press shield law. Despite arguments from our firm that the court should consider Hale's intent to disseminate news publicly, the court rejected this assessment; a decision characterized as a sharp turn against nontraditional journalists and those writing on the web.

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