Local Legal Initiative

If you or your newsroom receives a subpoena, don't panic — contact a lawyer.

Reporter Joshua Archote seeks access to investigative records concerning a former LSU administrator.

The Philadelphia Inquirer seeks to uncover the name of a woman who died after contracting measles.

An Indiana newspaper is suing the city of New Albany for records related to a local dam.

A reporter is suing the Louisiana State Police for financial records about the governor’s trip to Greenland.

Twin Cities attorney Christopher Proczko joins as the organization's first full-time Minnesota-based lawyer.

A Reporters Committee attorney helped NewsChannel 5 successfully challenge the sealing of search warrants concerning a sitting congressman.

A Reporters Committee attorney is helping an Indiana journalist fight a subpoena.

A Reporters Committee attorney is representing the news outlet in fighting for access to public records.

A Reporters Committee attorney is helping a news outlet fight for records related to a police department's partnership with ICE.