Local Legal Initiative

Case Number: 3:18-cv-01477-JR Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon, Portland Division Clients: Business Insider, Oregonian Media Group,…

Case Number: 2022-03057 Court: Cumberland County Court of Common Pleas Clients: The Patriot-News/PennLive, Charles Thompson Petition for Review Filed: April…

Just two years after launching, the Local Legal Initiative in Tennessee is already having an impact.

RCFP attorneys are representing five news organizations in their federal civil rights lawsuit against the York County Clerk of Courts.

Case Number: 1:22-cv-00361-SHR Court: U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania Clients: York Daily Record, The York Dispatch,…

The newspaper, represented by RCFP attorneys, successfully sued for records concerning discrimination allegations against board members.

“The first two years of the Local Legal Initiative have been a huge success.”

Case Numbers: 160 CD 2022; 142 CD 2022 Court: Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania Clients: Angela Couloumbis, Sam Janesch Petitions for…

Court: Pennsylvania Supreme Court Date Filed: Feb. 9, 2022 Update: On Dec. 21, 2022, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court affirmed the…

“You don’t have to just accept what an agency says. ... You can reach out to the Reporters Committee.”