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Reporters Committee welcomes Kris Cundiff as Indiana Local Legal Initiative attorney
Cundiff will provide pro bono legal support to journalists and newsrooms in Indiana.
March 19, 2024
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Reporters Committee
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US Immigration judge grants asylum to Mexican journalist Emilio Gutiérrez Soto and son
A FOIA case litigated by attorneys from RCFP and Ballard Spahr may have helped resolve the journalist’s fight for asylum.
March 18, 2024
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Reporters Committee
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Freedom of Information
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House TikTok divestment bill is a ban, but it’s more than that
The bill could sweep beyond TikTok to other social media platforms, and, indeed, possibly to news websites.
March 18, 2024
By
Gabe Rottman
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First Amendment
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We FOIA’d every federal agency for their ‘Glomar’ responses. Here’s what we learned.
RCFP analysis provides important insights into government’s use of “Glomar” doctrine to “neither confirm nor deny” existence of records
March 15, 2024
By
Shawn Musgrave
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Adam A. Marshall
Categorized in
Freedom of Information
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RCFP attorneys are fighting (and winning) legal battles to make police bodycam videos public
Through the Local Legal Initiative, RCFP attorneys have helped reporters and news outlets obtain bodycam footage in several cases.
March 13, 2024
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Reporters Committee
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Freedom of Information
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The hidden legal question at the heart of the Herridge contempt case
The question concerns the scope of the reporter’s privilege in the D.C. Circuit.
March 11, 2024
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Gabe Rottman
Categorized in
Protecting Sources and Materials
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Shelby County Jail surveillance videos show violent confrontations between inmates, correctional officers
An RCFP attorney represented The Daily Memphian in its effort to access the surveillance videos.
March 8, 2024
By
Chris Young
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Court Access
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In blockbuster First Amendment cases, US Supreme Court seems splintered
RCFP's Grayson Clary analyzes last week's oral arguments in NetChoice v. Paxton and NetChoice v. Moody.
March 4, 2024
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Grayson Clary
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First Amendment
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City of Memphis releases final batch of records related to Tyre Nichols’s fatal beating
A media coalition, represented by an RCFP attorney, successfully challenged court orders prohibiting their disclosure.
March 4, 2024
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Reporters Committee
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Freedom of Information
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Covering the 2024 elections? RCFP’s free legal resources can help.
Journalists reporting on the 2024 election cycle have access to RCFP’s free legal resources, including our Election Legal Guide.
February 29, 2024
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Reporters Committee
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