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Several provisions in the Florida bills would collide with the First Amendment.

Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Date Filed: Feb. 8, 2024 Background: In 2021, Kim Carter Martinez…

Court: Texas Supreme Court Date Filed: Jan. 16, 2024 Background: In 2021, Tonya Barina filed a defamation lawsuit against Netflix…

As RCFP Legal Fellow Emily Hockett writes, the opinion "gutted vital protections against meritless and abusive lawsuits."

Court: District of Columbia Court of Appeals Date Filed: Oct. 26, 2023 Background: In 2015, the American Psychological Association published…

Court: Tennessee Supreme Court Date Filed: Oct. 10, 2023 Background: In 2021, a landlord sued the city of Shelbyville, Tennessee,…

The case concerns police records that the city of LA itself (inadvertently) provided to journalist Ben Camacho.

Update: On Sept. 7, 2023, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signed S2802 into law. The Reporters Committee for Freedom of…

RCFP explains what actual malice really means, how the legal standard benefits journalists and the public, and more.

Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division — First Department Date Filed: April 21, 2023 Background: In 2020, the nonprofit…