A federal appeals court ruled for the first time that the right to privacy over death images is protected under…

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled yesterday that records of a private entity acting on behalf of a public agency may…

Contact: Steering Committee Chairman Tony Mauro at tmauro@alm.com or Search Committee Chairman John C. Henry at johnchenry48@yahoo.com A committee of distinguished journalists and…

An Oklahoma appeals court on Friday affirmed a lower court’s decision to grant the media limited access to state agency…

Three journalists requested access to the sealed file of an Alabama-based federal judge's divorce proceedings wrought with accusations of domestic…

A Maryland radio station and its parent company was fined $2,000 by the Federal Communications Commission for recording the beginning…

A Virginia appellate court avoided deciding if a newspaper had a right of access to trial exhibits in a child…

A federal court in Buffalo said last week that peer-reviewed journals, not courtrooms, are the proper place to vet scientific…

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals in Chicago (7th Cir.) today ordered the dismissal of an open…