Participated in an amicus brief (with other amici) filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in ACLU of Arizona v. U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security. The case involved a Freedom of Information Act request by the American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona that was denied by the U.S. Department of [...]
Participated in an amicus brief (with other amici) filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in Northeastern Pennsylvania Freethought Society v. County of Lackawanna Transit System. The case involved the advertising policy of the transit system (“COLTS”), which the brief argued was unreasonable, vague, imprecise, and amounted to an unconstitutional [...]
Participated in an amicus brief (with other amici) filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in Giuffre v. Maxwell. The brief urged the court to reverse a district court order denying access to judicial documents sought by the Miami Herald in this case. The brief noted that the district court [...]
FOR RELEASE: December 14, 2018 Contact: Susanna Coto The Media Institute 703-243-5700 Arlington, Va., December 14, 2018 – The Board of Trustees of The Media Institute has designated Richard T. Kaplar as President and Chief Executive Officer of the organization. The appointment was announced by Board Chairman Richard E. Wiley following the Board’s annual meeting in [...]
Participated in an amicus brief (with other amici) filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Kent v. Hennelly. This case concerned whether, under the boundaries of constitutional due process, a federal court may exercise personal jurisdiction over a defamation defendant who merely posts speech online about a plaintiff who [...]
By Emily Birnbaum, thehill.com, 12-5-18 Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai is acknowledging that Russia-linked email addresses weighed in during the public comment process ahead of the FCC's net neutrality repeal last year. Pai said in a statement this week that it is a "fact" that a half-million comments were submitted from Russian email addresses during the public comment [...]
Participated in an amicus brief (with other amici) filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in Van Dyke v. Retzlaff. The brief argues that the Texas Citizens’ Participation Act (“TCPA”) should apply in federal court. The news media have a strong interest in ensuring that statutory protections against frivolous lawsuits [...]
By John Eggerton, Broadcasting & Cable Online, 11-20-18 FCC Chairman Ajit Pai did the unveiling Tuesday (Nov. 20) in his monthly blog post on the items the FCC plans to vote on at its next public meeting, which he does when the tentative agenda is released 21 days before the meeting. "On the media front, [...]
By Paul Farhi and Meagan Flynn, washingtonpost.com, 11-19-18 CNN dropped its lawsuit against the White House on Monday after officials told the network that they would restore reporter Jim Acosta’s press credentials as long as he abides by a series of new rules at presidential news conferences, including asking just one question at a time. [...]
By Paul Farhi, washingtonpost.com, 11-16-18 A federal judge on Friday ruled in favor of CNN and reporter Jim Acosta in a dispute with President Trump, ordering the White House to temporarily restore the press credentials that the Trump administration had taken away from Acosta last week. In a victory for the cable network and for [...]