intersection of law and journalism
I got this from my non-law grad school listserv thingamabob:

Freelancers can obtain additional compensation for past articles because of a class-action suit that is entering the final stages of settlement. The suit is called "In Re Literary Works In Electronic Databases Copyright Litigation." It's a case brought on behalf of freelance writers of works that were reproduced on electronic databases without the author's permission. Basically the compensation is about $25-$60 per article that you have not copyrighted (the compensation is considerably more for copyrighted works).

The details and forms are at:

http://www.copyrightclassaction.com

The deadline for claims is September 30. The form is not complicated to fill out, even if you've written many articles. Also, you can simply enter in the information as best as you remember, even if you don't have the original contract or even the date of the piece. However, you can probably look up the dates and titles of some of your pieces via several databases that are accessible from the site.