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05/03/2013

Just five years after passing its groundbreaking media shield law, Hawaii lawmakers have...

05/01/2013

Articles published by the New York Daily News calling a former school principal a “firebrand...

Though copyright law has long protected writers from unwanted reproduction of their material, the Internet has made it simple to cut, paste...

Your liability for content posted to your site by third parties is not limited to defamation. Rather, if you publish the expressive works...

Every time there is a mass shooting, news quickly centers around efforts to regulate guns. But regardless of how the discussion...

AP Photo by Mike Groll Gun rights advocates demonstrate outside the Capitol in Albany, N.Y. on Feb. 28. The group rallied...

Adkisson v. Abbott, No. 03-12-00535-CV

April 30, 2013

A San Antonio Express-News reporter requested access to a county commissioner's personal emails that concerned government business. The county, unsure of whether to fulfill the request, sought an opinion from the Texas Attorney General. The Attorney General wrote an opinion finding that private emails concerning public business were subject to the Texas Public Information Act. The commissioner then filed a suit against the AG seeking a declaration that the emails at issue were not subject to the PIA.