Electronic access

Washington, D.C. – The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press has written to U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John…

Despite petitions, rallies, letters, phone calls, social media campaigns, media editorials and personal outreach asking him not to do it,…

A federal district court in Massachusetts Tuesday granted a preliminary injunction preventing the enforcement of a Massachusetts statute that criminalizes…

Both Wisconsin's Legislature and its Supreme Court are considering plans to restrict online access to court records, the Milwaukee Journal…

The Judicial Conference of the United States has approved measures to make federal court documents and courtroom audio recordings more…

A Wisconsin state assembly committee has passed a bill that would restrict public online access to court records, WQOW (Eau…

An Illinois city launched a Web site last week that publishes information about public records requests online, The (Springfield) State…

A New Jersey court has ruled that municipalities do not have to provide public records to requesters in a computer-readable…

A New Hampshire court ruled last week that a city is under no obligation to provide public records in electronic…

The Supreme Court of Florida refused to block public access to electronic records of court proceedings, in a unanimous decision…