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John Doe v. Bellwood-Antis School District & Jane Doe v. Bellwood-Antis School District
Case Numbers: 2021-GN-782 & 2021-GN-141 Court: Court of Common Pleas of Blair County, Pennsylvania Client: Altoona Mirror Motion to Intervene…Categorized in Court access -
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Introduction to the Reporter’s Recording Guide
The Reporter's Recording Guide provides a summary of the recording laws (which restrict the recording and dissemination of phone calls… -
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SEPTA v. Winberg
Case Number: 926 C.D. 2021 Court: Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania Clients: Michaela Winberg, WHYY Notice of Appearance Filed: Oct. 20,…Categorized in Freedom of information -
Federal judge orders border agency to release records related to Twitter unmasking
RCFP sued CBP in 2018 for records concerning the agency’s effort to identify the person behind an anonymous Twitter account.Categorized in Freedom of information
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When spurious ‘hacking’ claims chill journalism
The idea that viewing a site’s source code amounts to hacking is, to put it gently, ridiculous.Categorized in Newsgathering
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Media coalition seeks access to jury selection records in Ghislaine Maxwell criminal case
Update: On Oct. 21, 2021, the federal district court for the Southern District of New York denied Ghislaine Maxwell's request…Categorized in Court access -
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Coleman v. Grand
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Date Filed: Oct. 13, 2021 Background: In 2018, prominent jazz musician…Categorized in Libel and privacy -
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People v. Ralph
Case Number: 2021CR2072 Court: District Court, Arapahoe County, Colorado Clients: KDVR Fox31/Nexstar Media Group, Inc., KUSA 9News, KMGH The Denver…Categorized in Freedom of information -
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NetChoice v. Paxton
Court: U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas Date Filed: Oct. 7, 2021 Background: In September 2021, Texas…Categorized in Content restrictions -
Supreme Court asked to consider whether long-term pole camera surveillance constitutes search under Fourth Amendment
As the Reporters Committee has argued in the past, targeted, long-term surveillance threatens the First Amendment.Categorized in First Amendment
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