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Vanessa Leggett Serves Maximum Jail Time, First Amendment-Based Reporter's Privilege Under Seige
Daniel Scardino of Jackson Walker L.L.P.

When a federal grand jury was convened to investigate the possibility of filing federal murder charges against Houstonian Robert Angleton, the city braced itself for another media frenzy. In 1998, Robert Angleton had been acquitted in state court of murdering his wife, socialite Doris Angleton, who was found shot to death on April 16, 1997, in her River Oaks home.
Notice Requirements Help Journalists Facing Abusive Subpoenas
Rochelle L. Wilcox and Thomas R. Burke of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Prompted by media attention to a rash of subpoenas issued to California journalists, the California legislature has enacted new procedural safeguards, including a minimum of five days' notice before a journalist may be required to testify, that enhance the rights provided under California's Shield Law.