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A New York state court ruled that the New York Times had to return legal memos written by an attorney for Project Veritas. Mike Coppola/Getty Images.
The New York Times has appealed the ruling, saying the judge's decision should "raise alarms" about press freedoms and government overreach.
The New York Times must immediately turn over confidential legal memos that it obtained and published in a story about the conservative sting-operation media organization Project Veritas, a Westchester judge ruled.
A New York judge extended a ban keeping the New York Times from publishing or seeking certain materials concerning Project Veritas, a conservative activist group, on Tuesday.