May 2020

Massachusetts High Court Averts “Fair Report” Disaster

By Jeffrey J. Pyle

PUBLISHED IN: MediaLawLetter March 2020

In 2018, the intermediate Appeals Court in Massachusetts held that a student newspaper editor could be held liable for accurately reporting information in a state university's police blotter.

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