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    L.A. Sheriff Agrees to Unsealing of Warrant to Search Photojournalist and Black Lives Matter Protesters’ Cell Phones

    The protestors were demonstrating against the August 2020 killing of cyclist Dijon Kizzee FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: [email protected] San Rafael, Calif. - On Thursday, the First Amendment Coalition and independent news organization Knock LA prevailed in a legal battle against the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) over the unsealing of search warrant materials, […]

    May 23, 2023

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    Kern County Superior Court Rescinds Public Access Ban

    […] explicitly stating that members of the public will be admitted to proceedings in limited numbers, consistent with public health guidelines, following a federal civil rights lawsuit filed by the First Amendment Coalition and the American Civil Liberties Union Foundations of Southern and Northern California. The organizations filed suit after documenting numerous examples of mothers […]

    July 15, 2020

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    Judge Kozinski leads effort to curtail CA’s anti-SLAPP statute

    […] If that were to happen, plaintiffs in cases potentially subject to the anti-SLAPP law-- which covers suits implicating a defendant’s freedom of speech and right to petition government--would file suit in federal court, instead of state court (provided they can meet the requirements for federal jurisdiction). Since defendants have no right to remove a […]

    April 30, 2013

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    Journalism Leaders Ricardo Sandoval-Palos and Edward Wasserman Join FAC Board

    […] editor, and media executive. "Ricardo and Ed join FAC at an auspicious time, as we expand our programs and staff to aggressively meet the extraordinary demand for government accountability, transparency and the fundamental rights of free expression and a free press," said FAC Executive Director David Snyder. "We will benefit from the experience, wisdom […]

    July 9, 2020

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    Google lawyer Nicole Wong is newest member of CFAC Board

    Nicole Wong, Deputy General Counsel of Google, has joined the Board of Directors of the California First Amendment Coalition, the free speech and open- government advocacy group. An expert on legal issues concerning technology and the internet, Ms. Wong has responsibility at Google for litigation and legal strategies for all Google products. Before joining […]

    June 2, 2009

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    Free the Hewlett-Packard 5!

    […] disaffected employees or board members from leaking. The media’s relative freedom to publish leaks, whether from corporations or the Defense Department, is a function of corporations’ and government’s relative freedom to identify and punish leakers in their own ranks. If they were constrained in their ability to deter leaks internally, their claim to stop […]

    June 2, 2009

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    First Amendment Attorney Duffy Carolan Elected President of FAC Board of Directors

    […] Directors. Carolan, a former journalist who has spent her career defending the First Amendment, is one of the country’s foremost champions of free speech and access to government information. As a partner at the Jassy, Vick, Carolan firm in San Francisco, Carolan represents a wide range of media in defamation, prior restraint, copyright, and […]

    January 15, 2018

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    Facebook, under attack for choosing “trending” stories, should embrace the 1st Amendment

    PETER SCHEER---Facebook wants you, me and the federal government to believe that the selection and prominence of content on Facebook, particularly in its "trending stories" feature, has nothing to do with human judgment or choice. This has long been Facebook’s public posture, and it was its initial knee-jerk response this week to a news […]

    May 11, 2016

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    FAC’s Legal Fight for Police Transparency Featured in The American Lawyer

    California's landmark police transparency law, SB 1421, the Right to Know Act of 2018, made certain records about police misconduct and serious use-of-force available to the public for the first time. Enforcement of the law has required litigation across the state since it took effect. One of the lawyers leading transparency efforts for the […]

    August 10, 2020

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    FAC, SPJ NorCal Release Template for Requesters Facing Delayed Access

    […] Information Committee of the Society of Professional Journalists Northern California chapter today published a new tool to help overcome barriers to public information. Some state and local entities in California have stopped responding to requests made under the Public Records Act citing the COVID-19 health emergency. The following is a template that journalists and […]

    March 27, 2020