Local Legal Initiative

The Denver Gazette is suing the Denver Public Schools for access the disciplinary records of district administrators.

Without legal support from an RCFP attorney, Billy Penn reporter Michaela Winberg said, “The story wouldn’t have happened.”

Case Number: 22CV18513 Court: Circuit Court, Deschutes County, Oregon Client: Source Weekly Answer to Complaint Filed: Aug. 5, 2022 Background:…

On behalf of The Erie Reader, the Reporters Committee’s local attorney in Pennsylvania is rejecting a U.S. congressman’s demand that…

The records were made public hours after local news outlets, represented by RCFP attorneys, sought to intervene in the case.

Case Number: 2022-1264 Court: Centre County Court of Common Pleas Clients: The Centre Daily Times, Spotlight PA, WJAC-TV Motion to…

Case Number: 1:18-cv-01803-MCC Court: U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania Client: York Daily Record Motion to Intervene…

Case Number: 2022CV30017 Court: Colorado Court of Appeals Client: Mark Reaman Notice of Appeal Filed: July 5, 2022 Background: In…

The ruling showed that such lawsuits can help change the way our government does business.

The newspaper's editor says RCFP's local attorney in Oklahoma is like "a human shield and spear.”