Litigators and journalists are speaking out following tense proceedings in which a Broward judge Wednesday threatened to hold the Sun Sentinel and two of its reporters in criminal contempt of court.

On Aug. 15 Broward Circuit Court Judge Elizabeth Scherer chastised the Sun Sentinel and Dana J. McElroy, the newspaper’s attorney and partner at Fort Lauderdale-based firm Thomas & LoCicero, over the publication of information that the court had previously ordered to be redacted.