Deliberative process privilege

RCFP attorneys are challenging government officials’ broad interpretation of the “working papers” exemption of Virginia’s public records law.

RCFP sued CBP in 2018 for records concerning the agency’s effort to identify the person behind an anonymous Twitter account.

The court's ruling sets a high bar for the government to withhold records under FOIA's “deliberative process” privilege.

Agencies often cite the privilege when denying records requests, but RCFP's Gunita Singh offers journalists tips to avoid rejection.

The D.C. Circuit could soon interpret a 2016 FOIA amendment intended to curtail agencies' abuse of the privilege.

Two senators crossed party lines in support of legislation that would strengthen the current Freedom of Information Act and diminish…

A federal appeals court has ruled that the Department of Justice must release a memo on the legal basis for…

A New York mid-level appeals court partially upheld a lower court's decision to deny a records requester documents requested through…

The New York Court of Appeals ruled that communications between a federal and state agency about efforts to decontaminate part…

A state trial court judge in Westchester County ruled this week that a Journal News reporter was entitled to certain…