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    Struggling To Access Court Records in Sacramento Divorce Proceedings

    […] County:http://www.sacbar.org/pro-bono.html Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP is general counsel for the First Amendment Coalition and responds to FAC hotline inquiries. In responding to these inquiries, we can give general information regarding open government and speech issues but cannot provide specific legal advice or representation. No attorney-client relationship has been formed by way of this response.

    April 3, 2020

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    CPRA

    City rules complainant names are always withheld

    […] explicitly or because the 6255 began and ended with it). Holme Roberts & Owen LLP is general counsel for the First Amendment Coalition and responds to First Amendment Coalition hotline inquiries. In responding to these inquiries, we can give general information regarding open government and speech issues but cannot provide specific legal advice or representation.

    December 28, 2010

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    FAC Receives $30K Grant from Central Valley Foundation — and $10K Matching Opportunity

    […] generous gift," said FAC Executive Director David Snyder. "This grant will allow us to continue and expand our fight for speech and press freedoms, public access to government records and meetings, and civic engagement." FAC’s recent groundbreaking work includes itsefforts in defense of freelance journalist Bryan Carmody, who was raided by San Francisco police […]

    September 12, 2019

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    CPRA

    Records request denied due to “deliberative process privilege”

    […] am aware, there has been no additional courts to have ruled on the issue. Bryan Cave LLP is general counsel for the First Amendment Coalition and responds to FAC hotline inquiries. In responding to these inquiries, we can give general information regarding open government and speech issues but cannot provide specific legal advice or representation.

    June 6, 2013

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    FAC News Press Release

    Yahoo!’s Neil Budde Joins CFAC Board

    […] Voters Education Committee, and Dan Day, Managing Editor for the Modesto Bee. CFAC, with offices in San Rafael CA, is dedicated to advancing free speech and open- government rights. A membership organization, CFAC's activities include educational and informational programs, a Legal Hotline service, participation in "test case" litigation to enhance First Amendment rights for […]

    June 2, 2009

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    Newsgathering

    How do I protect rape victims in my reporting?

    […] to work with legal counsel in reviewing any story reporting on an alleged rape. Bryan Cave LLP is general counsel for the First Amendment Coalition and responds to FAC hotline inquiries.  In responding to these inquiries, we can give general information regarding open government and speech issues but cannot provide specific legal advice or representation.

    February 11, 2017

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    Social Media

    Are Facebook comments protected speech?

    […] law, you might try the local county Bar Association for a referral. Bryan Cave LLP is general counsel to the First Amendment Coalition and responds to First Amendment Coalition hotline inquiries. In responding to these inquiries, we can give general information regarding open government and speech issues, but cannot provide specific legal advice or representation.

    June 8, 2012

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    Cases Press Release

    FAC Fights Secret Hearings in Death Penalty Case

    […] remote access, e.g. audio or video streaming, to safely accommodate those who wish to exercise their First Amendment rights. FAC, a California nonprofit organization that advocates for government transparency and public participation in civic affairs, is standing in for the public and press in the Cruz case. This is not FAC’s first fight for […]

    September 28, 2020

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    CPRA

    Trade secrets in public records

    With respect to your questions below: (1) I am not aware of any provision of the Public Records Act that would cause an agency's failure to claim an exemption in an initial PRA response to waive the exemption.  Section 6253(c) of the PRA seems to provide for a single "determination" with respect to a […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Blog

    To take the sleaze out of judicial elections, ethics rules should bar lawyers who contribute money to judges from practicing before those judges

    […] a necessary byproduct of an elected judiciary. Most probably would prefer to replace elective judgeships with appointed judgeships, as in the federal system. Many judges would support government financing of judicial elections as a way to avoid conflicts-of-interest. Those reforms, although desirable, are not in the cards in most states. Nonetheless, many state supreme […]

    June 3, 2009