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The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press is urging U.S. lawmakers to pass a bill that would improve transparency…

The Reporters Committee filed an amicus brief in Doe v. Does, a mostly-sealed defamation case in the Northern District of Illinois.…

A coalition of media organizations and journalists led by the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press has filed petitions…

A federal appeals court today invalidated a gag order and sealing order that had been entered in the criminal case…

The National Law Journal published on Thursday financial disclosure reports from 2012 for 257 of 258 federal appellate judges. Judges…

The U.S. Court of Appeals in San Francisco (9th Cir.) will begin live streaming proceedings on Monday. It will be…

Classified portions of oral arguments before the U.S. Court of Appeals in Richmond, Va. (4th Cir.) will be closed to…

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

Federal judges who decide whether or not to seal a court case can turn to a Federal Judicial Center pocket…

The judge overseeing the sexual abuse trial against U.S. District Judge Samuel Kent has lifted a gag order in the case that had been challenged…