Briefs & Comments

Arguing that an individual cannot assert a third-party publisher's copyright interest to keep records about his misconduct from being disclosed under the state open records law.

Urging the Maryland Court of Appeals, the state's highest court, to recognize that the shield law protects a publisher from having to submit to a deposition about its subscribers.

Urging the U.S. Supreme Court to review a case involving the secrecy of a Transportations Services Administration regulation regarding air travel that was withheld from the public as "sensitive security information."

Urging a California appellate court to dismiss a lawsuit over financial analysis that should be viewed as protected opinion speech.

Urging the Eighth Circuit to uphold an order requiring a bankruptcy court to release the names of creditors in a judge's bankruptcy case.

Urging the Second Circuit to uphold a decision ordering the Department of Defense to release Abu Ghraib prison photos.

Urging the court to carefully consider any request for an overly restrictive protective order in the two computer chip makers' antitrust suit.