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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.

    Federal appeals court rules government may withhold CIA interrogation, waterboarding records
    05/22/2012
    A federal appeals court ruled yesterday that the government may withhold certain records relating...
    Federal judge denies request to make government report on PATRIOT Act public
    05/21/2012
    A federal judge ruled Thursday that the U.S. Department of Justice and the FBI may keep classified...
    Fla. appeals court awards attorney's fees for county's undue delay in complying with records request
    05/18/2012
    A Florida appeals court ruled today that a county could not avoid paying attorney's fees to a...
    N.H. high court rules communications with counsel in empty public meeting exempt from Right-to-Know Law
    05/15/2012
    The New Hampshire Supreme Court affirmed a lower court's decision to deny a firefighters'...
    Ohio high court finds privacy rights trump access in police records case
    05/11/2012
    The Ohio Supreme Court yesterday affirmed a lower court’s decision denying The Cincinnati...
    N.Y. appeals court rules agency may withhold records after "inadvertent" prior release
    05/08/2012
    A New York mid-level appeals court partially upheld a lower court's decision to deny a records...
    Conn. appeals court interprets open records provision on use of document scanners
    05/03/2012
    The Connecticut Appellate Court ruled this week that a state open records law provision permitting...
    Judge denies request for bin Laden death photos and video
    04/27/2012
    A federal judge in Washington, D.C. has denied a request to order the U.S. government to publicly...
    OGIS releases FOIA recommendations amid Senate pressure
    04/25/2012
    The Office of Government Information Services issued its recommendations for policy changes to the...
    Kentucky appellate court upholds withholding of personal information in police records
    04/23/2012
    The Kentucky Court of Appeals partially affirmed a lower court's ruling on Friday, finding that...
    Court rules government can withhold intelligence records from UK parliamentary group under FOIA
    04/06/2012
    A U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., ruled earlier this week that a group consisting of more...
    Vt. high court rules criminal investigation records remain exempt after investigation ends
    04/03/2012
    The Vermont Supreme Court ruled that records related to the investigation of a crime are exempt...
    Pa. court orders state transportation dept. to release speed tracking device records to ticketed speeder
    03/29/2012
    A Pennsylvania appellate court ruled on Tuesday that the state Department of Transportation must...
    Pa. utilities investigation records exempt from release to Wall Street Journal
    03/28/2012
    A Pennsylvania appellate court ruled that The Wall Street Journal was not entitled to records from...
    N.Y. high court rules certain records about Hudson River contamination can be public
    03/23/2012
    The New York Court of Appeals ruled that communications between a federal and state agency about...