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Free training on New Mexico’s open records law
Join us at the Main Library in downtown Albuquerque on Jan. 18 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Media law
Legal issues, debates and battles over media rights.
Media law
Rio Grande Chapter Opposes Subpoena and Decision
Today, the Rio Grande Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) learned that a District Court judge has ordered a New Mexico journalist to turn over unedited video from an interview with a source. Attorneys for a title loan company subpoenaed KRQE -TV investigative producer Jeff Proctor, asking for Read more…
Media law
New law mandates access to digital state records
Gov. Susana Martinez has signed into law a bill requiring New Mexico state agencies to provide public records electronically upon request. Read all about it in the story today by Sue Major Holmes of The Associated Press.
Media law
Media Law Seminar Addresses the Minefield of Defamation
By David L. Brown, President The Rio Grande chapter’s first event of the year took place January 26, thanks to the efforts of board member Dan Vukelich who did yeoman’s duty in planning and organizing the “Media Law Seminar” featuring attorneys Jim Dines and Gregory Williams. The noon-hour event took Read more…