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Despite the complaints of blogger-critics, new federal shield bill is last best chance for meaningful protection of reporters’ confidential sources.

For the first time since the post-Watergate era, the stars are aligned for Congress to enact--and for the President to sign--a "Shield Law" that would provide meaningful protection against the forced-exposure of journalists' confidential sources. Although nearly all states have shield laws, they do not apply to the subpoenas of federal courts and […]
- Press Freedom
September 17, 2013
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FAC News Press Release

David Snyder, Journalist and First Amendment Lawyer, Named to Head FAC

[…] media, including Mother Jones magazine, Salon, and the San Jose Mercury News. He has also represented FAC in its long-running litigation against the State Bar of California for access to data on applicants for admission to the Bar. "David is taking over at a crucial time for First Amendment freedoms," said Peter Scheer, FAC’s […]

November 18, 2016
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Craig Newmark Philanthropies Commits $75K to FAC

[…] press, free expression and the public's right to know. The grant will support all FAC programs, including its free Legal Hotline, open to all; its legal support for journalists; and its strategic litigation program, which for over 30 years has helped ensure the public and press have access to the halls of power — […]

June 1, 2022
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Cases

Court says NO to request by FAC and others for State Bar records needed for research on affirmative action

[…] the effect of law school affirmative action policies. The Court's ruling in the controversial litigation will be appealed. Judge Curtis E.A. Karnow of the California Superior Court for San Francisco ruled March 29, 2010 that the State Bar is not legally obligated to release the data sought by Richard H. Sander, a professor of […]

April 8, 2010
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China resident responds to Commentary on China’s censorship of internet

[…] efforts (using equipment and technology developed in no small part by American companies), the situation is generally getting worse, not better. Of the various greed driven rationales for making the compromises of principle necessary to participate in China's Internet business, the one I find the most insidious posits that Chinese people are too busy […]
- Free Expression
June 2, 2009
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First Amendment

Refusing Censorship: A High School Paper’s Fight For Press Freedom

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- Press Freedom
February 23, 2023
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CFAC, scholars sue CA State Bar for access to records on affirmative action

[…] today of a lawsuit against the State Bar of California to force it to disclose years of statistical records on bar exam results. The records are sought for an academic research project that will test the controversial theory that affirmative action policies at law schools harm the very minority students they are intended to […]

June 3, 2009
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California vs. the First Amendment: FAC & Cal Press Panel Discussion, Dec. 5, 2019

David Snyder, executive director of FAC; Jim Ewert, general counsel of the California News Publishers Association; Victoria Baranetsky, general counsel of the Center for Investigative Reporting; Audrey Cooper, editor-in-chief of the San Francisco Chronicle; Noah Griffin, columnist.
- Press Freedom
November 11, 2019
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California Supreme Court Stops Cities From Charging Steep Fees for Video Redactions

The California Supreme Court today issued an opinion preventing government agencies from charging the public for editing and compiling police body camera footage and other electronic records before the records are released. The First Amendment Coalition and the California News Publishers Association filed an amicus brief in the case, National Lawyers Guild v. City […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
May 28, 2020
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California Reporting Project Wins 2019 FAC Award for Police Accountability Coverage

[…] Area News Group/Southern California News Group, Capital Public Radio, Investigative Studios (of UC Berkeley’s Investigative Reporting Program), KPCC/LAist, KQED and the Los Angeles Times to submit requests for records under California’s new police transparency law, Senate Bill 1421, and to share results. The initiative quickly grew, and now includes more than 40 newsrooms that […]

December 2, 2019