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Amending the Department of Justice subpoena guidelines
The guidelines that determine how and when federal prosecutors subpoena journalists were significantly modified in 2014, in response to the… -
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GIS mapping data is public, not subject to software fee, California high court rules
Electronic geographic information system (GIS) mapping data maintained by California governments is public under the state records law and therefore…Categorized in Freedom of information -
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Reporters Committee asks U.S. Supreme Court to ensure government contractors can’t hide behind FOIA exemptions
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press has filed a friend-of-the-court brief asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review…Categorized in Freedom of information -
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Reporters Committee asks U.S. Supreme Court to ensure government contractors can't hide behind FOIA exemptions
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press has filed a friend-of-the-court brief asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review…Categorized in Freedom of information -
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American Management Services, Inc., d/b/a Pinnacle v. Dep’t of the Army
American Management Services, Inc. petitioned the Supreme Court asking that it review a ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals…Categorized in Freedom of information -
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City must pay $538,555 in public records suit over e-mail metadata
A town in Washington state must pay more than half a million dollars to resolve a seven-year lawsuit that brought…Categorized in Freedom of information -
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Texas Supreme Court reinstates libel lawsuit, rejects rule on reporting of third-party allegations
The Texas Supreme Court reinstated a defamation suit against an Austin television station that aired a broadcast about a local…Categorized in Libel and privacy -
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Reporters Committee, media groups urge court to keep 911 call records open
The transcripts from calls to Maine’s 911 Emergency Communications Bureau are public records and should remain accessible to the public,…Categorized in Freedom of information -
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Maine Today Media Inc., d/b/a Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram v. State of Maine
Maine Today Media sought access to 911 records concerning a landlord-tenant dispute that turned deadly. Despite a presumption that 911…Categorized in Freedom of information