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Free the Hewlett-Packard 5!

[…] California Attorney General Bill Lockyer wasted no time in filing criminal charges against former Hewlett-Packard Chairwoman Patricia Dunn, H-P's senior legal counsel and three outside security consultants for alleged crimes committed in the course of an over-zealous effort to plug leaks in the H-P boardroom. Lockyer's haste has nothing to do with the urgency […]
- Press Freedom
June 2, 2009
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Four Open-Government Battles We Are Fighting and Why They Matter

Even from the perspective of the happy warriors here at FAC, it hasn’t been the best year for First Amendment rights and government transparency. In some ways, 2019 plumbed new lows, with governments at all levels continuing their assault on press freedoms, free speech, and government transparency. But we’re not letting the curtains come […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
December 19, 2019
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Former FAC Executive Director Peter Scheer Awarded Society of Professional Journalists Career Achievement Prize

[…] Peter Scheer has been named the 2017 recipient of the Northern California Society of Professional Journalists’ career achievement award--a signal honor marking his advocacy, over many years, for free speech, a free press and the public’s right to know. Scheer, 65, will accept the Norwin S. Yoffie Award for Career Achievement on March 22 […]

February 22, 2017
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For Obama’s Nominee to Head CIA: a Few Questions on Use of Drone Strikes

BY PETER SCHEER---John Brennan, President Obama's nominee for Director of the CIA, has the bad luck of having to testify before Congress just days after publication of a Justice Department "white paper" containing the administration's legal justification for the targeted killing of high-level Al Qaeda members who are also American citizens. The undated and unsigned […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
March 5, 2013
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First Amendment panel finds promise, pitfalls in social media

[…] easy to find even if you try to restrict access." Sager cited recent suits resulting from careless postings. In July a landlord in Chicago sued a tenant for $50,000 when the tenant tweeted about her "moldy apartment". And last March a fashion designer sued Courtney Love for defamation after Love called her a "nasty […]
- Press Freedom
November 3, 2009
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Firestorm started by Vietnamese newspaper shows both owners and demonstrators in need of free speech remedial training

[…] response may range, depending on the gravity of the offense, from a flurry of angry letters-to-the-editor, to a the offending article blizzard of emails and faxes, demands for retraction, and calls for readers to cancel their subscriptions. Normalcy usually returns after a few days, at most a week or two--often with readership at a […]
- Free Expression
- Press Freedom
June 3, 2009
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Fifth Judge Sides with FAC, Orders Release of Records in Bryan Carmody Raid

The First Amendment Coalition has prevailed in unsealing a fifth and final warrant that targeted freelance journalist Bryan Carmody, capping a months-long fight for transparency in the now-infamous raid that drew widespread condemnation. A San Francisco judge on Aug. 22 issued an order granting FAC’s motion to unseal a warrant application for a search […]
- Press Freedom
September 3, 2019
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Federal Judge Prevents Enforcement of California’s “IMDb Law” on First Amendment Grounds

[…] of the court" brief last month opposing the law on First Amendment grounds. That brief argued the IMDb law ran afoul of the strong First Amendment protections for the publication of truthful information. The order, by U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria of San Francisco, found that the "IMDb law" indeed violates the First Amendment. […]
- Press Freedom
February 24, 2017
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FAC’s Top Sunshine Week Resources

Every week is Sunshine Week at FAC, where we are fighting for government transparency and your right to know all year round. As Sunshine Week comes to a close this year, we wanted to share some of our top resources: Watch: Unlocking Public Records in California, where FAC’s open-government experts focused on educating journalists […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
March 15, 2024
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FAC, joining info requests for Palin speech at UCS-Stanislaus, also requests speaking contract for Bill Clinton talk at UC Berkeley

FAC---The First Amendment Coalition has filed a request under the Public Records Act for the speaking contract covering Sarah Palin's planned appearance at a fundraising event for CSU Stanislaus in June. FAC has also requested the speaking contract for Bill Clinton's appearance and speech at UC Berkeley in February. Arrangements for Palin's speech have […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
April 8, 2010