District of Columbia

A Washington Times reporter was arrested while covering the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C. and said she was struck by police, but declined to disclose whether she will file a formal complaint.

An investigative report about alleged prosecutorial misconduct in the corruption case against the late U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens will be released after a Washington, D.C., federal judge yesterday found that the public's right of access overcame several of the lawyers’ claims that disclosure of the document would damage their reputations.

The special motion to strike provided by D.C.'s anti-SLAPP law, which became effective in March of last year, is unavailable to defendants sued in federal court, the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. ruled last week.

The FBI cannot cite an exclusion provision related to confidential informants under the federal Freedom of Information Act regarding a request for records about civil rights era photographer Ernest Withers after the bureau was found to have officially confirmed Withers was an informant through a records release, a federal district court in Washington, D.C. ruled Tuesday.

Despite President Barack Obama’s promise for more transparency in government, the administration has a long way to go, according to experts at a open government conference held in Washington, D.C., on Friday.

An estimated 100 journalists, watchdog group employees, media lawyers and government representatives attended the day-long "Transparency in the Obama Administration" conference hosted by the American University Washington College of Law.

A Washington, D.C., trial judge erred when he did not allow Washington Post reporters access to the questionnaires of jurors who convicted the killer of former intern Chandra Levy, D.C.’s appellate court ruled today.

The District of Columbia Court of Appeals set a precedent for balancing a speaker's right to anonymous speech with a plaintiff's right to pursue a defamation claim on January 12, when it ruled that a trade association didn’t have to disclose the name of an anonymous tipster.

A U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. has ruled that while a federal agency must conduct an adequate search for records when responding to a federal Freedom of Information Act request, the agency is not necessarily required to search every system of records in its possession or contact other agencies that may have information relevant to the request.

A U.S. District Court judge in Washington, D.C., ruled that the Department of Justice does not have to release FBI investigative guidelines, even though it previously allowed a Muslim civil rights group to view the documents for a limited time.

Judge Emmet G. Sullivan ruled the Muslim Advocates' limited access to documents at FBI headquarters did not make them "permanent public record," which is necessary before an exemption under the federal Freedom of Information Act can be waived.

The Washington, D.C., attorney general has until the end of this month to explain to the court why he believes the latest challenge to the District's anti-SLAPP law is not valid.

District Judge Robert L. Wilkins issued the order to allow Attorney General Irvin Nathan to intervene in the case of attorney Lanny Davis, a Fox News contributor and former Clinton adviser who is accused of making a series of defamatory statements against Minnesota-based company 3M Corp.