Participated in an amicus brief (with the Reporters Committee and other amici) filed with the Ohio Supreme Court in CNN v. Bellbrook-Sugarcreek Local Schools. CNN appealed to the Ohio Supreme Court after its request for the release of certain high school records relating to the deceased gunman from the Aug. 4, 2019 mass shooting [...]
Participated in an amicus brief (with the Reporters Committee and other amici) filed with the U.S. Supreme Court in Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org. The brief concurred with the Eleventh Circuit that Georgia cannot copyright its official code, and by extension, the annotations to that code. The brief argued that the government edicts doctrine at issue [...]
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 Martin v. Rollins. The brief argued that the First Amendment protects the right to gather and publish news on matters of public interest – including the activities of government officials [...]
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 requested that the Court provide live audio access to oral argument in a number of upcoming cases regarding nondiscrimination and the DACA immigration plan, citing strong nationwide interest [...]
Participated in an amicus brief (with the Reporters Committee and other amici) filed with the New York Appellate Division, First Department, in Rainbow v. WPIX. The case involved a media outlet that misidentified a public school teacher accused of bullying. The teacher, Starlight Rainbow, appealed after the trial court ruled in favor of the [...]
Participated in an amicus brief (with the Reporters Committee and other amici) filed with the Court of Appeal, State of California in Becerra v. Superior Court for the City and County of San Francisco. This is a California Public Records Act (CPRA) case in which the First Amendment Coalition and KQED submitted a CPRA [...]
Participated in an amicus brief (with the Reporters Committee and other amici) filed with the Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, in Digital First Media d/b/a The Trentonian v. Ewing Township. The case involves the New Jersey Open Public Records Act (OPRA). The Trentonian requested Use of Force Reports (UFRs) compiled after police used [...]
Participated with other media organizations in a letter from the Reporters Committee to members of Congress expressing concern about the proposed dramatic expansion of the Intelligence Identities Protection Act of 1982 (“IIPA”), one of the few laws that criminalizes the publication of truthful information about government activities. The letter notes that the bill expanding [...]
Participated in an amicus brief (with the Reporters Committee and other amici) filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in Machado Amadis v. Dept. of Justice. The case presents the first opportunity for the D.C. Circuit to address the Freedom of Information Act’s new foreseeable harm standard, which [...]
Participated in a letter (with the Reporters Committee and other news media organizations) sent to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding EPA’s proposed changes to its FOIA regulations. The letter notes that the proposed rule contains provisions that would undermine the Freedom of Information Act, are impermissible under clear and binding D.C. Circuit Court [...]