HR Dive

Interview notes defeat worker’s retaliation claim, appeals court rules

The court made several observations about the interview process that shielded the employer from the worker’s claims. The interview questions were job-related, for one, touching on interviewees’ ...
KERO-TV

SHIELD LAW: Local newspaper releases interview notes at the order of 5th District Court of Appeal

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — The Bakersfield Californian has released previously unpublished notes from a jailhouse interview with a criminal defendant after an order from the 5th District Court of ...
WCVB Channel 5 Boston

Karen Read case: Judge decides reporter need not hand over off-the-record interview notes

GOOD AFTERNOON. JESSICA. YES, THIS DECISION FROM THE JUDGE COULD IMPACT NOT ONLY KAREN REED’S RETRIAL COMING UP THIS SPRING, BUT ALSO SET AN IMPORTANT LEGAL PRECEDENT FOR REPORTERS RIGHTS HERE IN ...
Los Angeles Times

Court orders reporter to hand over jailhouse interview notes — a threat to free press, critics say

Ishani Desai was just doing her job. As a reporter on a murder case, she needed information she felt she could get from only one person: the man who was behind bars. “I went to the source,” said Desai ...