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In court papers filed Wednesday, former federal prosecutor Richard Convertino called reporter David Ashenfelter’s invocation of the Fifth Amendment, in an…

In a total policy reversal, the chief judge of the federal court in Miami has ordered that plea agreements are public…

An Iowa-based federal judge earlier this month let a reporter live-blog a criminal trial, tapping away at her laptop in the back…

In an abrupt turnaround from Bush administration policy, the Treasury Department has released details of its contracts with banks that received government…

At least two groups are asking the Obama administration to reconsider its stance on pending Freedom of Information Act lawsuits.…

For more than three years, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has kept New Orleans Times-Picayune writer Mark Schleifstein in a holding pattern with his FOIA…

A government watchdog group is entitled to a fee waiver in its pursuit of Department of Education records, a federal…

The Smithsonian Institution on Monday formally adopted a new policy for responding to records requests, bowing to pressure from the Senate…

A group of Arkansas judges have voted not to stop sealing probable-cause arrest affidavits, even if they are considered public records, The…

The Michigan Court of Appeals on Thursday upheld the dismissal of a libel suit against the Detroit News. The News…