Shield Law Won't Get Vote in Lame Duck Session

A federal shield law will not get a vote in the lame duck session of Congress, says Kathy Kirby, partner at Wiley Rein and counsel to the Radio-Television News Directors Association, which had pushed for the bill. But she says she has assurances it will be reintroduced early in the next session.


The bill, which would protect journalists and their sources from overreaching prosecutors while carving out exceptions for national security, medical and proprietary business information, has the backing of both President-Elect Barack Obama and John McCain.


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