California court rejects claim Apple bloggers are journalists

Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 20:11:51 -0600
From: Paul Nielson
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Subject: [CPI-UA] APPLE COMPUTER, INC. V. DOES (Breaking Legal
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March 11, 2005

A California court rejects claims by people running rumor web sites
devoted to following Apple computer products that they are
journalists protected from complying with discovery subpoena by the
First Amendment and California's shield law. The court ordered the
defendants to reveal their confidential sources to Apple in this
trade secret litigation.

http://news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/apple/appledoe31105opn.pdf

Apple's Lawyers:

George Riley
http://pview.findlaw.com/view/2025206_1

David Eberhart
http://pview.findlaw.com/view/1172342_1

Defendants' Lawyers:

Thomas E. Moore, III
http://pview.findlaw.com/view/1896499_1

Richard Wiebe
http://pview.findlaw.com/view/2146775_1

Terry Gross
http://pview.findlaw.com/view/3310427_1

Kurt Opsahl
http://pview.findlaw.com/view/2337419_1

Safeguarding Trade Secrets in the Information Age
http://articles.corporate.findlaw.com/articles/file/00355/008787.html

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