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Public has a First Amendment right to access sentencing records for Connecticut man
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press is urging a Connecticut judge to unseal two court records related to… -
Reporters Committee and historians win bid to unseal grand jury transcripts from historic 1942 leak investigation of The Chicago Tribune
Transcripts of witness testimony from a historic 1942 grand jury investigation of the Chicago Tribune are now public, following a… -
Grand jury secrecy comes at a cost
Two new lawsuits are challenging the continued secrecy of the grand jury investigations related to the deaths of Michael Brown… -
Delaware Supreme Court dismisses appeal in Al Jazeera contract sealing case
The Delaware Supreme Court dismissed an appeal this week of an order requiring Al Jazeera to file an almost completely… -
Calif. Supreme Court rules names of officers involved in on-duty shootings are public record
The Supreme Court of California this week upheld a lower court ruling requiring a police department to release the names… -
Records in corporate challenge to government product-safety database must be open
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit instructed a Maryland district court yesterday to… -
Ninth Circuit reinstates case challenging Calif. superior court record delay policy
The U.S. Court of Appeals in San Francisco (9th Cir.) reversed the dismissal of a challenge to the Ventura County,… -
Judge unseals records in Holmes case; hearing Wed. will determine if reporter must testify about source
The new judge presiding over the James Holmes trial unsealed the highly coveted search and arrest warrants in the case… -
Reporters Committee to argue in appeals court for access to Apple, Samsung documents
On Tuesday, March 26, Gregg Leslie, the legal director of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, is scheduled… -
Judge keeps Chandra Levy post-conviction investigation records sealed
A Washington, D.C. trial judge declined to explain in a hearing Wednesday why he will continue to keep under seal…