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    Everything online journalists need to protect their legal rights. This free resource culls from all Reporters Committee resources and includes exclusive content on digital media law issues.

    Supreme Court: States can prohibit non-residents from using public records laws to gather information
    04/29/2013
    States do not violate the U.S. Constitution when their public records laws prevent out-of-state...
    City-run meeting on Philadelphia finances will be closed to public
    04/17/2013
    Philadelphia plans to bar reporters from attending a city-run conference this week where public...
    Iowa State University research on "pink slime" barred from public to protect trade secrets, judge ruled
    04/16/2013
    Iowa State University cannot release research data about how a meat packaging company processes the...
    Requestors can immediately sue agencies that fail to provide timely responses, court finds
    04/04/2013
    Individuals seeking records under the federal Freedom of Information Act can immediately sue...
    U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear challenge to Texas Open Meetings Act, sealed records challenge
    03/26/2013
    The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear arguments about the constitutionality of the criminal...
    CIA must acknowledge records of drone strike program, appellate court rules
    03/19/2013
    The CIA cannot refuse to search for records about U.S. drone strikes on the grounds that...
    FBI to release records on secret informant Ernest Withers
    02/28/2013
    As part of a settlement agreement between the FBI and a Tennessee newspaper, the bureau must...
    D.C. Circuit ponders court's role in scrutinizing national security claims under FOIA
    02/21/2013
    Federal appellate judges on Thursday examined whether the executive branch gets the last word in...
    Supreme Court debates if access to public information is a fundamental right
    02/20/2013
    In oral arguments today, U.S. Supreme Court justices questioned whether access to public records is...
    Redacted child fatality records will be made public, Tenn. judge rules
    01/25/2013
    A Tennessee judge ruled this week that the state Department of Children’s Services must make...
    Maryland high court rules racial profiling complaints can be disclosed
    01/24/2013
    Maryland's highest court today ruled that redacted state police records of racial profiling...
    NY gun law restricts public access to gun owner data
    01/16/2013
    New York’s sweeping new gun control bill, signed into law on Tuesday, will allow gun owners...
    Tenn. court to review child death records withheld from public
    01/08/2013
    A Tennessee judge in the Davidson County Chancery Court heard arguments Tuesday over whether she...
    Tennessee nonprofit found subject to public records laws
    12/12/2012
    A Tennessee court has ruled that a private nonprofit athletic association is the equivalent of a...
    Ark. Supreme Court reverses lower court decision that state open meetings law was unconstitutional
    12/07/2012
    The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday overturned a lower court’s decision that the open...