Pennsylvania

Attorneys from RCFP, Cornell Law School First Amendment Clinic supported York Daily Record in effort to obtain settlement details

Without legal support from an RCFP attorney, Billy Penn reporter Michaela Winberg said, “The story wouldn’t have happened.”

The records were made public hours after local news outlets, represented by RCFP attorneys, sought to intervene in the case.

RCFP attorneys represented the newspaper in its successful effort to obtain emails from executives of Pennsylvania’s largest pension fund.

A coalition led by RCFP, PNA raises concerns about restrictions on public access to criminal court records in several counties.

RCFP attorneys helped the paper reach a settlement requiring Lancaster Township to train employees on the Right to Know Law.

RCFP attorneys are representing five news organizations in their federal civil rights lawsuit against the York County Clerk of Courts.

“The first two years of the Local Legal Initiative have been a huge success.”

“You don’t have to just accept what an agency says. ... You can reach out to the Reporters Committee.”

RCFP attorneys represented LNP Media Group in its lawsuit seeking records under the state’s Right to Know Law.