Starting April 3, AAN attorney Kevin Goldberg will host a monthly conference call to answer questions from AAN members on legal topics, including free speech and copyright issues.
Goldberg appeared on Capitol Hill on behalf of AAN and other media organizations as part of Sunshine Week, a national initiative to educate the public about the importance of open government.
Kevin M. Goldberg of the law firm of Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth, PLC has been named to serve as AAN's legal counsel and will also assume responsibility for the association's member legal hotline.
Independent Weekly, Mountain Xpress and Yes! Weekly recently received accolades from the organization.
Superior Court Judge Joan M. Lewis issued a temporary order preventing the San Diego Reader from publishing details about Polyheme, a blood substitute still in testing, that were obtained under the California Public Records Act. Northfield Laboratories Inc. had sued the Reader last month to stop publication of the information, which Northfield calls "trade secrets." On July 28, the Reader had published an article saying that Polyheme was being tested in downtown San Diego and in poor minority neighborhoods, on trauma patients who were unable to consent. A Northfield spokesperson said the two sides would meet next week in an attempt to reach an agreement.
