Participated in a letter (with the National Press Photographers Association and other amici) sent to the Arizona House Appropriations Committee concerning HB 2319, a bill under consideration that would prohibit recording a law enforcement officer from within 15 feet without permission.  The letter explains that the proposed legislation plainly violates the free speech and press [...]

Participated in an amicus brief (with the Reporters Committee and other amici) filed with the U.S. Supreme Court in Egbert v. Boule.  The case hinges on the question of whether federal officials can be held personally liable for damages when they retaliate against individuals engaged in First Amendment activities.  This is an issue with important consequences for members of [...]

Participated in an amicus letter (with the Reporters Committee and other amici) filed with the Supreme Court of California in Ukraine Relief, et al. v. Gurzhiy.  We participated in this case previously in the California Court of Appeal.  The case concerns three allegedly defamatory articles published by Gurzhiy’s online news outlet, The Slavic Sacramento.  Both the trial [...]

Participated in an amicus brief (with the Reporters Committee and 62 other amici) filed with the Supreme Court of the State of New York Appellate Division, Second Department in Project Veritas v. New York Times Co.  On Dec. 24, 2021, a New York trial court entered an order continuing a restraint on the New [...]

Participated in an amicus brief (with the Reporters Committee and other amici) filed with the Supreme Court of the United States in Edgar v. Haines.  The brief supports a First Amendment challenge to the national security pre-publication review system, urging the Supreme Court to take up an appeal by the ACLU and Knight First Amendment [...]

Participated in an amicus letter (with the Reporters Committee and 54 other amici) filed with the House Select Committee To Investigate the Jan. 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol.  The matter involves freelance photojournalist Amy Harris, who filed a complaint to block enforcement of a subpoena from the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. [...]

Participated in an amicus brief (with the Reporters Committee and other amici) filed with the   Supreme Court of the State of New York Appellate Division, Second Department in Robert F. Kennedy Jr. v. Kos Media, LLC.  The case concerns an individual who authored a post on the digital media website Daily Kos under the [...]

Participated in an amicus brief (with the Reporters Committee and other amici) filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in Courthouse News Service, et al. v. Glessner.  The case concerns recent amendments to Maine’s Rules of Electronic Court Systems (“RECS”) that delay public access to newly filed civil complaints.  Courthouse News Service and other [...]

Participated in an amicus brief (with the Reporters Committee and other amici) filed with the Supreme Court of Wisconsin in Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce v. Evers.  This case concerns the Wisconsin Department of Public Health’s plan to release the names of businesses employing at least 25 people where at least two employees have tested positive [...]

Participated in an amicus brief (with the Reporters Committee and other amici) filed with the U.S. Supreme Court in Tuggle v. United States.  This case from the Seventh Circuit involves the question of whether the government may engage in long-term, targeted camera surveillance of a home without the need to obtain a warrant or demonstrate individualized [...]