Shield Law? What Shield Law? Police Just Get Reporter's Phone Re...

Courtesy Techdirt  Tue, 10/27/2009 - 17:15

While there are still debates over proposals for a federal shield law to protect journalists from having to reveal sources, California already has a shield law for journalists , but what good does it do if authorities totally ignore it.

It seems that may have happened in the case of TMZ's Harvey Levin and the Los Angeles County Sheriff obtaining Levin's phone records in trying to track down who leaked information about actor Mel Gibson's arrest.

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