The Croatia international’s exploits for Los Blancos on their way to a third successive Champions League title have been rewarded with the prize Luka Modric has been named the UEFA Men’s Player of the Year for 2017-18, seeing off competition from Cristiano Ronaldo and Mohamed Salah. The Real Madrid midfielder was crowned at the ceremony
The midfielder has noticed the difference between the game in England and Italy and says he’d like a return sometime in the future Chelsea midfielder Jorginho is loving his start to life in the Premier League, but he hopes to one day return to the Serie A. Jorginho, 26, arrived at Stamford Bridge in July
The Cameroon international has left Championship side Stoke City for the Ligue 1 giants in a deadline day switch Paris Saint-Germain have completed the surprise signing of Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting from Stoke City ahead of the transfer deadline in France. Choupo-Moting scored five Premier League goals in his sole season with Stoke as they were relegated
Over thirteen years ago, at 2.25 pm on Friday, 24 February 2006, a three-vehicle al-Qaida attack group approached the Hamra gate to the Abqaiq oil processing plant 300 km east of the Saudi capital Riyadh. Choosing a Friday afternoon meant a particularly quiet time, but the gate was still guarded. The first vehicle, a Toyota
Court limits reporter’s privilege to confidential information 04/21/97 FLORIDA–An appellate court in Lakeland held in late March that the state privilege protecting journalists from compelled testimony applies only to confidential information. The court overturned a lower court’s decision to quash a subpoena seeking information about a journalist’s article on a automobile accident. Diane Mason, then
NMU WASHINGTON Confidentiality/Privilege Mar 9, 2001 Ashcroft approves subpoena for online news reporter Federal prosecutor says U.S. Attorney General signed off on subpoena requiring reporter to authenticate articles he wrote about a man charged with stalking, intimidating a federal agent. Wired News reporter Declan McCullagh was subpoenaed on March 8 by the Department of Justice
NMU TEXAS Confidentiality/Privilege Nov 23, 2001 Congresswoman demands Justice Department free jailed reporter Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee demanded in a letter to the Attorney General that federal prosecutors withdraw the subpoena that led to the incarceration of author Vanessa Leggett. A congresswoman who has championed the First Amendment rights of jailed journalist Vanessa Leggett demanded
Florida enacts shield law protecting sources, information 06/01/98 FLORIDA–In mid-May a bill providing journalists with protection against subpoenas became law. The law creates a qualified privilege allowing “professional journalists” to refuse to disclose all information, including the identities of sources, obtained while actively gathering news. The privilege can be overcome and journalists compelled to testify
A Virginia-based blogger is fighting a subpoena that seeks the identities of everyone who viewed an online article he wrote about a defamation lawsuit, the Citizen Media Law Project reports. The blogger, Waldo Jaquith, publishes cvillenews.com in Charlottesville, Va. In December, he blogged about a defamation lawsuit filed by Thomas Garrett, a local chicken farmer
The U.S. government announced it will not subpoena journalists as witnesses in the prosecution of a former intelligence officer who allegedly leaked classified information. According to a motion filed last week and first reported by POLITICO's Josh Gerstein, the government said the primary evidence in a trial against John C. Kiriakou will consist of the