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Tennessee nonprofit found subject to public records laws
A Tennessee court has ruled that a private nonprofit athletic association is the equivalent of a government agency, making it…Categorized in Freedom of information -
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Pa. appeals court rules newspapers can pursue sealed records in fracking settlement
Two newspapers can now argue for the unsealing of settlement documents in a secretive fracking lawsuit, a Pennsylvania appeals court…Categorized in Court access -
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New York court dismisses libel suit against the New York Daily News
A New York judge this week dismissed a libel lawsuit by a Brooklyn judge against the New York Daily News…Categorized in Libel and privacy -
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Ark. Supreme Court reverses lower court decision that state open meetings law was unconstitutional
The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday overturned a lower court’s decision that the open meetings provisions of the state’s Freedom…Categorized in Freedom of information -
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Study finds more than half of federal agencies' FOIA rules do not meet legal requirements
More than 60 percent of federal agencies have not responded to calls by Congress or President Barack Obama to update…Categorized in Freedom of information -
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Judiciary Committee approves "overdue" e-mail privacy bill
The Senate Judiciary Committee Friday unanimously approved a “very overdue” bill that would require law enforcement officials to get a…Categorized in Libel and privacy -
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Federal judge criticizes immigration agency's response to FOIA request
Attorneys seeking records from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services hope that a strongly worded opinion released recently by a federal…Categorized in Freedom of information -
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Wis. judge denies Justice Department's request to subpoena journalists
In the first ruling under Wisconsin’s new shield law, a judge denied the state Department of Justice’s request to subpoena…Categorized in Protecting sources and materials -
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Ark. Supreme Court hears arguments over definition of public meeting
The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday expressed frustration that the state's open meetings law contains no definition for what constitutes…Categorized in Freedom of information -
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Federal courts have power to review classification decisions, government brief confirms
Government attorneys confirmed on Tuesday that federal courts have the right under the federal Freedom of Information Act to review…Categorized in Freedom of information