TOO MUCH MEDIA, LLC v. HALE

No. A-0964-09T3

993 A.2d 845 (2010)

413 N.J. Super. 135

TOO MUCH MEDIA, LLC, John Albright and Charles Berrebbi, Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. Shellee HALE, Defendant-Appellant.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided April 22, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey M. Pollock, Lawrenceville, argued the cause for appellant (Fox Rothschild, attorneys; Mr. Pollock, of counsel; Mr. Pollock, Barry J. Muller, and Joseph Schramm, III, on the brief).

Joel N. Kreizman, Ocean, argued the cause for respondents (Evans, Osborne and Kreizman, attorneys; Mr. Kreizman, of counsel and on the brief).

McCusker, Anselmi, Rosen & Carvelli, Florham Park, attorneys for amici curiae North Jersey Media Group, Inc., the New Jersey Press Association, NBC Universal, Inc. and The New York Times Company (Jennifer A. Borg and Thomas Cafferty, of counsel; Bruce S. Rosen, on the brief).

Before Judges CARCHMAN, PARRILLO, and LIHOTZ.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

PARRILLO, J.A.D.

We granted leave to appeal to decide whether the protections of New Jersey's Shield Law, N.J.S.A. 2A:84A-21, extend to an operator of a website so as to bar from disclosure sources from which she obtained information in her investigation of the online adult entertainment industry and later posted on internet bulletin boards.

Plaintiff Too Much Media, Inc. (TMM), owned by plaintiffs John...

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