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FAC & Reporters Committee file briefs in Apple v. Samsung secrecy appeal

[…] DC office of Hughes Hubbard & Reed. Here is a link to the RCFP brief. FAC argues that Apple and Samsung have not overcome the presumption, applied correctly by the trial judge in ordering the unsealing of certain documents, in favor of transparency. Because the default is the unsealing of records filed in a […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
October 17, 2012
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Extracting information from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) takes persistence and understanding one’s rights under FOIA

June 2, 2009
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Digital strip-search: Case of lost iPhone prototype shows the danger of using search warrant to seize journalists’ information
- Press Freedom
April 30, 2010
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Coalition Urges Compliance with California Public Records Law Amid COVID-19 Crisis

March 23, 2020
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China resident responds to Commentary on China’s censorship of internet

[…] events or being mislead by official "news". They realize that the state media often "lies by omission", leaving out key facts which run counter to the " correct" point of view. At the same time the effort needed to find reliable, alternative sources of information in China is too much for them. Most of […]
- Free Expression
June 2, 2009
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CFAC, scholars sue CA State Bar for access to records on affirmative action

[…] avoid controversy on a politically sensitive issue. "Basically, the Bar has chosen to sacrifice academic freedom and the public’s right of access for the sake of political correctness," said CFAC executive director Peter Scheer. The new lawsuit is based on public record requests, also denied, that were filed earlier this year. The requests included […]

June 3, 2009
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CFAC files suit in affirmative action case to defend researcher’s academic freedom and oppose State Bar’s claim that it is above the law of access

[…] is affirmative action, the mere mention of which raises blood pressure levels among bureaucrats of all political persuasions. And because Sander's research breaches a taboo of political correctness: he hypothesizes that affirmative action, at least in top law schools, actually hurts the minority students it is designed to help. It does this, Sander suggests, […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
June 3, 2009
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Can a journalist “plead the fifth” to avoid having to name a confidential source? A federal judge say yes.
- Press Freedom
December 16, 2013
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Are journalists who use leaked records engaging in the “fencing” of stolen property?
- Press Freedom
February 4, 2014
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Anonymous speech, although constitutionally protected, is mostly digital graffiti
- Free Expression
June 3, 2009