TheStreet. Com, Inc. v. Carroll

Petitioners TheStreet.com and Melissa Ann Davis challenge two discovery orders which require them to produce information claimed to be protected under Florida’s qualified journalist privilege, and which denied their motion to compel the return of documents they claimed were inadvertently provided. We grant this petition and quash the orders for reasons which follow.

Petitioners are a financial media company, internet website and publisher (TheS-treet.com) and an investigative reporter for the company’s publications (Davis). TheStreet.com published an article entitled: “ArthroCare Unit Keeps…