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The advisory committee will provide strategic counsel for the program.

The investigation was made possible by the free legal support Open Vallejo received through ProJourn.

Leader in pro bono services will help Microsoft and Davis Wright Tremaine LLP expand the Protecting Journalists Pro Bono Program

Microsoft, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, and the Reporters Committee team up to provide legal help to local journalists

The debate follows Australia’s adoption of a law requiring tech companies to negotiate with news organizations over access to their content.

Reporters Committee attorneys argue that a nondisclosure order linked to a government demand for Microsoft communications threatens newsgathering.