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 United States v. Moore-Bush.  The First Circuit recently granted rehearing en banc in the case – a drug prosecution matter – to reconsider whether 24/7 camera surveillance of a particular [...]

Participated in an amicus brief (with the Reporters Committee and other amici) filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Center for Investigative Reporting v. Department of Labor.  This case concerns a FOIA request made to the Labor Dept. by CIR for employment diversity reports of certain federal contractors.  Nearly [...]

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 Callahan v. United Network for Organ Sharing.  This case concerns the common-law right of access to judicial documents.  The underlying suit was brought by certain hospitals and patients against UNOS, [...]

Participated in an amicus brief (with the Reporters Committee and other amici) filed with the European Court of Human Rights in Biancardi v. Italy.  The case involves the “right to be forgotten,” which gives users the ability to request that search engines de-list or de-index search results on the basis of a person’s name.  [...]

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 Microsoft Corp. v. U.S.  In 2019, Microsoft challenged a government order under the Stored Communications Act prohibiting the company from telling anyone that it had received a search warrant for [...]

Participated in an amicus brief (with the Reporters Committee and other amici) filed with the Delaware Supreme Court in Perlman v. Vox Media, Inc.  The case arises from a defamation action that Perlman and two of his companies filed against Vox Media after publication of two online articles in 2012 and a third article [...]

Participated in an amicus brief (with the Reporters Committee and other amici) filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Index Newspapers v. U.S. Marshals Service.  The case involves an appeal by the Department of Homeland Security to overturn a district court’s injunction prohibiting the use of dispersal orders against [...]

Participated in an amicus brief in support of a petition for rehearing en banc (with the Reporters Committee and other amici) filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in Philadelphia Bail Fund v. Arraignment Court Magistrate Judges.  The case involves the constitutionality of certain Pennsylvania court rules that prohibit groups [...]

Participated with the Reporters Committee and 22 other media organizations and outlets in a letter to the New York City mayor and law enforcement officials concerning the arrest of Chae Kihn, an independent photographer who was tackled by multiple NYPD officers, arrested, and charged with obstructing traffic in the lawful course of her reporting.  [...]

Participated in an amicus brief (with the Reporters Committee and other amici) filed with the Circuit Court of Waukesha County, Wisc., in Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce v. Evers.  This case concerns the Wisconsin Department of Public Health’s plan to release the names of businesses where at least two employees had tested positive for COVID-19.  [...]