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A federal appeals court Friday denied a journalist access to reports on American International Group (AIG) prepared by an independent…

A media coalition comprising 47 national and local news organizations and associations, including The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the…

A Pennsylvania judge denied a request by two Pittsburgh-area newspapers to make public documents relating to a settlement between several…

The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press filed a friend-of-the-court brief Wednesday in the U.S. Court of Appeals in…

A three-judge panel of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals weighed Tuesday whether the questionnaires of jurors who convicted…

In a landmark ruling that grants the media and public a qualified First Amendment right of access to civil trials…

Too many civil lawsuits are closed off to the public, according to the policy-making body of the federal justice system,…

The Washington Post has asked for the transcripts of the closed hearings that led to the dismissal of the government's…

Disciplinary records related to citizen complaints against Chicago police officers will not be released to the public in a lawsuit…