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Mayor up for reelection wants to stifle public comment on candidates
August 30, 2010
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Veteran First Amendment Lawyer Glen A. Smith Named FAC’s First Legal Fellow
The First Amendment Coalition is pleased to announce the appointment of Glen A. Smith, a lawyer with more than 30 years of experience in First Amendment and media law, as the inaugural FAC Legal Fellow. Smith comes to FAC with a deep and widely varied background in media litigation, including substantial experience advocating for […]July 17, 2018
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Do Chair’s new rules for committee members violate the Brown Act?
May 21, 2015
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Blog post results in threats of defamation
April 8, 2016
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Access to public records denied during business hours
[…] referred to as a custodian of a public record) shall, at normal times and during normal and reasonable hours of operation without unreasonable delay without requiring an appointment, permit the public record, or any segregable portion of a record, to be inspected and examined by any person and shall furnish one copy thereof upon […]November 21, 2009
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Using Trade Agreements As a Tool to Further Rights of Free Speech
[…] The recipients of such unwelcome advances can appeal to the local courts, but this can be a perilous exercise, particularly in countries where the judiciary owe their appointments and livelihoods to political masters. Another less-discussed alternative is for victims to turn to international trade and economic agreements—in much the same fashion as the U.S.-based […]June 3, 2009
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Park & Rec “advisory committee” keeping its advice secret
August 8, 2011
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Bank that shuttered wikileaks withdraws lawsuit
[…] succeeded temporarily in shutting down wikileaks.org has decided to withdraw its federal court lawsuit against the whistleblower website. The Julius Baer Bank on Wednesday entered a voluntary dismissal of its suit, "without prejudice"--meaning that the bank is keeping open the option of refiling the same suit in another court. The bank acted following a […]June 2, 2009
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Can new board members ask for past closed session update?
I am a newly elected school board member. Our upcoming agenda will contain a closed session item that has also been discussed in closed session prior to my appointment. Can I ask the staff and board members who participated in the prior closed session to divulge what was discussed then?February 20, 2011
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Is A Chamber of Commerce Subject to the Brown Act?
June 13, 2018