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  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Cal Expo Data

    […] They typically will post this on their website in the form of a PDF file and in a magazine they produce. However, the wine industry has asked for an online system that is searchable, something my company has developed and provides free of charge. The data is actually in my possession due to my […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Latest News

    Brown signs anti-sunshine bill, setting up 1st Amdt battle. Do labor rights trump democracy?

    BY PETER SCHEER—Jerry Brown is often praised for his political independence, for his willingness to make policy choices that he thinks are right on the merits, even if it means angering poerful constituencies. But there are limits. They were reached in the latest legislative term in the Governor’s decision to sign legislation drafted and […]

    October 27, 2015

  • Posts

    First Amendment Press Rights

    FAC news: Prop 42 victory, amicus briefs on the Wrap, NCAA, fee waivers & more

    June has been a busy month for FAC, both legislatively and judicially. Most gratifying: California voters on June 4 approved, by a comfortable 61 percent margin, Prop 42, which amends the state constitution to fortify state open meetings and FOI laws. FAC supported and sponsored Prop 42 to end funding disputes between local governments […]

    June 17, 2014

  • Latest News

    Blog

    The Press Goes Full Donner Party

    […] As shocking as this finding is to anyone with even a glancing exposure to how journalism works—and specifically how making up facts is a career-ending, mortal sin for any reporter—it’s right in line with similar recent findings, and with the tenor of our times.   President Donald Trump continues to actively promote his false […]

    August 8, 2018

  • Asked and Answered

    First Amendment

    Blogger’s identity exposed, and legal threats made against her

    I am writing today for guidance regarding my rights as a blogger. I am the author of a cosmetics complaints blog and creator and one of the admins of the complaints Facebook Page. The blog and page initially were started in an effort to obtain a refund from a cosmetics company due to sanitation […]

    November 21, 2011

  • Latest News

    Did NBC secretly hand over the Trump grope tape to the Wash Post?

    […] had it aired the tape itself, it might have had legal exposure that the Post could avoid. How so? Because NBC might have been sued by Trump for invasion of privacy (under a California statute requiring all parties to consent to the taping of a conversation) or under some sort of breach of contract […]

    October 18, 2016

  • Asked and Answered

    Recording at a Board and Care Facility without Permission

    […] power of attorney. She is mentally capable, but is diagnosed bi-polar and is experiencing beginning stages of dementia.  She has a private room.  The facility receives funds from CEI for my Mom's B&C.- a Medicare/Medicaid managed program. May I legally use video camera/audio equipment in the room where my Mom resides? Either with their knowledge or without?

    June 14, 2009

  • Cases

    Doe v. Mill Valley School District

    […] Doe were both substantial and well founded and therefore the public’s interest in disclosure outweighs his alleged privacy interests. Legal Documents McDede opposition to preliminary injunction (10/23/2024) Declaration of Holly McDede in opposition to preliminary injunction (10/23/2024) Doe motion for preliminary injunction (10/9/2024) Mill Valley School District opposition to preliminary injunction (9/17/2024) Doe complaint (9/6/2024)

    October 31, 2024

  • Asked and Answered

    First Amendment

    Can I sue New York City for restricting my religious freedom during the coronavirus pandemic?

    […] dangers, be subjected to such restraint, to be enforced by reasonable regulations, as the safety of the general public may demand." As a result, we cannot state for certain whether New York City’s public health restriction on gatherings is, on its face, an unconstitutional violation of citizens’ rights to exercise their religion or a […]

    July 9, 2020