Participated in an amicus brief (with the Reporters Committee and other amici) filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in BH Media Group, Inc. v. Clarke.  The Richmond Times-Dispatch and three other news outlets brought suit against the Director of the Virginia Department of Corrections (“VDOC”), contending that VDOC violated [...]

Participated in an amicus brief (with the Reporters Committee and other amici) filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit in Animal Legal Defense Fund v. Kelly.  ALDF and other animal rights groups brought suit against state officials to challenge the Kansas Ag-Gag Statute.  The district court had held that three [...]

Participated in an amicus brief (with the Reporters Committee and other amici) filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in McGlothlin v. Hennelly.  In this defamation action, James McGlothlin claimed that Kevin Hennelly defamed him in a Facebook post and a comment in an online article about the rezoning and [...]

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.  The brief supports the motion of MSNBC journalist Joy Reid for rehearing or rehearing en banc of the Second Circuit’s decision in this case, which reversed [...]

Participated in two amicus briefs (with the Reporters Committee and other amici) filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in Uniformed Fire Officers Association v. DeBlasio.  The cases stem from the repeal of Section 50-a of the New [...]

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 Alasaad v. Wolf.  The central question in this case is whether the border search exception to the Fourth Amendment’s warrant requirement can be extended to electronic devices, including those of journalists.  [...]

Participated in an amicus brief (with the Reporters Committee and other amici) filed with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in Denson v. Donald J. Trump for President, Inc.  The central question in this class-action lawsuit is whether the nondisclosure agreement that the defendant, the president’s campaign, requires all employees [...]

Participated in an amicus brief (with the Reporters Committee and other amici) filed with the U.S. Supreme Court in Fish & Wildlife Service v. Sierra Club.  This case concerns the applicability of FOIA Exemption 5’s deliberative process privilege to the disclosure of certain documents prepared by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National [...]

Participated in an amicus brief (with the Reporters Committee and other amici) filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in Lokhova v. Halper.  This case concerns a defamation action by Svetlana Lokhova, a Russian-born graduate student, against several national print and broadcast outlets (collectively, the “News Organizations”) and Stefan Halper.  [...]

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 Perry v. Hollingsworth.  This is a case in which we participated at the district court level concerning access to the video recording of the 2010 Proposition 8 trial.  The proponents appealed [...]