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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.

    Government transparency advocates oppose D.C. open records law restrictions at city council hearing
    07/11/2012
    Government transparency advocates and the District of Columbia attorney general testified today at...
    N.J. high court denies access to public law school clinic's legal records
    07/06/2012
    The New Jersey high court ruled Thursday that case records handled at public law school clinics are...
    Wisconsin Supreme Court rules public should not be charged cost to redact public records
    06/28/2012
    The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled yesterday that authorities cannot charge the public for redaction...
    Rhode Island revamps public records law to be more requestor-friendly
    06/27/2012
    Rhode Island's governor signed into law yesterday what open records advocates have called the...
    Justice Department opposes release of "targeted killing" records
    06/22/2012
    The U.S. Department of Justice filed a motion for summary judgment Wednesday in a federal Freedom...
    Court denies ESPN access to NCAA investigation records under FERPA
    06/19/2012
    The Ohio Supreme Court denied ESPN, Inc. access to certain records relating to the NCAA's...
    Federal appeals court affirms right to access voter registration applications
    06/15/2012
    The U.S. Court of Appeals in Richmond (4th Cir.) affirmed today that Virginia election officials...
    Ill. judge rules officials' tweets, texts, and e-mail messages about public business are public records
    06/14/2012
    Electronic communications -- specifically tweets, text and e-mail messages -- between city...
    Penn. court holds agency wrongfully ignored records request because they were requested incorrectly
    06/14/2012
    The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court held Monday that written requests for records that do not...
    Court rules school board members' e-mail did not violate meetings laws
    06/08/2012
    E-mail correspondence among school board members prior to the controversial closing of a public...
    New York high court issues mixed ruling over access to names of informants in decades-old Communist probe
    06/06/2012
    The names of informants who were promised confidentiality by the government during the New York...
    Penn. high court orders release of bids received by private company in operating public stadium
    05/30/2012
    The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled yesterday that records of a private entity acting on behalf of...
    Oklahoma court grants media limited access to state foster care records
    05/29/2012
    An Oklahoma appeals court on Friday affirmed a lower court’s decision to grant the media...
    Federal appeals court dismisses Chicago Tribune's open records suit against Univ. of Ill.
    05/24/2012
    A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals in Chicago (7th Cir.) today ordered the dismissal...
    N.H. high court rules fire marshal may withhold records under law enforcement exemption
    05/23/2012
    The New Hampshire Supreme Court ruled yesterday that the state fire marshal may withhold certain...