Participated in an amicus brief (with the Reporters Committee and other amici) filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in La Liberte v. Reid.  In this case, Roslyn La Liberte appeals the trial court’s dismissal of a defamation action she brought against journalist Joy Reid.  The amicus brief focuses solely [...]

Participated in an amicus brief (with the Reporters Committee and other amici) filed with the Indiana Court of Appeals in Carroll County E911 v. Hasnie.  The appeal concerns an Indiana Access to Public Records Act request by Ms. Aishah Hasnie, a TV reporter at the time of her request, to Carroll County E911 for the [...]

Participated in an amicus brief (with the Reporters Committee and other amici) filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in Parekh v. CBS, a case concerning the applicability of the Florida anti-SLAPP statute’s fee-shifting provision in federal court.  The district court granted CBS’s motion to dismiss Parekh’s defamation action and [...]

Participated in an amicus brief (with the Reporters Committee and other amici) filed with the California Court of Appeal Fourth Appellate District in M.G. v. Hestrin.  This case concerns a retired California Highway Patrol officer who was the target of a wiretap in Riverside County in 2015.  He sought access to the wiretap materials [...]

Participated in an amicus brief (with the Reporters Committee, SPJ, and other amici) filed with the Indiana Supreme Court in Indiana Dept. of Corrections v. Toomey.  The case arises out of an Indiana Access to Public Records Act request for records related to lethal injection drugs in Indiana.  While legal proceedings were in progress, [...]

Participated in a letter (with the Reporters Committee and other news media organizations) sent to U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer.  The letter opposes restrictions to be placed on the press during the Senate impeachment trial of President Trump.  The reported restrictions on the use of electronic devices [...]

Participated in an amicus brief (with the Reporters Committee and other amici) filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in Karem v. Trump.  The case involves Brian Karem, a White House correspondent whose security credentials (“hard pass”) were suspended by the White House press secretary for an alleged violation of [...]

Participated in an amicus brief (with the Reporters Committee and other amici) filed with the New Jersey Supreme Court in Libertarians for Transparent Government v. New Jersey State Police, a case involving New Jersey’s Open Public Records Act (“OPRA”).  The libertarian group had filed an OPRA request with the New Jersey State Police for [...]

Participated in an amicus brief (with the Reporters Committee and other amici) filed with the Delaware Superior Court in Perlman v. Vox, a defamation case involving the application of California law.  The brief focuses on the question of whether hyperlinks to previous articles constitute republication for the purpose of restarting the clock on the [...]

Participated in a letter (with the Reporters Committee and other news media organizations) sent to U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr.  The letter proposes a Supreme Court rule addressing sealed court records, given a recent upsurge in sealing at the Court.  Such a rule, based on similar rules adopted by several [...]