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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 […]

    November 3, 2009

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    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

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    Blog

    FAC amicus brief: agency can’t take back records mistakenly released

    […] the requester refused. The central issue is whether the inadvertent release of privileged documents causes a "waiver" of the attorney-client privilege. That would not be the case for a release of records between parties in litigation—for example, in civil discovery. In that setting the lawyer for the party receiving the mistakenly released records is […]

    January 24, 2015

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    CPRA

    Can I be charged fees for downloading court records posted online?

    Riverside Superior Court changes fees to search and acquire court records through its website. This wasn't always the case. Several years ago this service was provided for free, and that seems to still be the case in other counties. For the past three budget years, these fees have meant additional annual revenue for the […]

    February 4, 2014

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    Court Records

    Blocking Personal Information from Public View for Safety

    If the disclosure of personal information about you would jeopardize your safety, that would likely be grounds for records containing such information to be withheld by government agencies.  It might be difficult, however, to discover any public record that might contain such information.  If you are aware of a particular record that contains information […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Can a fee be charged for requesting public documents held in storage?

    I recently submitted a Public Records Act request in my city.  I have just been told that I will be charged a $33.25 fee for retrieving documents from storage.  Is this legal?  It certainly does not seem consistent with the PRA documentation I have read.

    June 12, 2014

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    CPRA

    Prohibiting a citizen from contacting a public agency

    […] It is alleged that this other person and I take department information and "twist it." Both us have been prohibited from contacting any DPLU employee directly, except for the designated PRA contact person. As a result of my PRA request related to the PRA contact person's job, I found that it consists primarily of […]

    June 14, 2009

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    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

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    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