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  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    COVID-19 Prohibition On Public Gatherings Prevented Me From Speaking to the Public

    […] for a public meeting" during the COVID-19 crisis, so long as the public is provided some means of observing and commenting upon the proceedings "telephonically or otherwise electronically." The Executive Order did not provide local legislative bodies themselves the authority to block entry to a building in which a meeting was taking place, but […]

    January 20, 2021

  • Latest News

    Cases Press Release

    FAC Files Freedom of Information Lawsuit Against DOGE

    […] government," said FAC Executive Director David Snyder. "The public deserves — and FAC is demanding — answers." On February 25, FAC submitted a FOIA request seeking all electronic communications between Musk and DOGE staff since January 20. DOGE never responded to the request, as required by law. Today’s lawsuit asks a court to order […]

    March 28, 2025

  • Handbooks

    FOIA: Sample Request Letter

    For more information on how to make a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request and where to send your request. You might also find additional help submitting a FOIA request at the website of FAC’S FOIA focused, non-profit partner, MuckRock. FOIA: Your Right to Federal Records (2011) Where to send a FOIA request MuckRock

    September 8, 2024

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    Blog

    NSA surveillance case reflects a growing distrust in the federal judiciary

    […] of NSA. Filed in a special secure facility in Washington, DC, these super-classified documents were transported under armed guard to California for viewing by Judge Walker. The Electronic Frontier Foundation, the lawyers for the plaintiffs, had objected to Walker's reviewing this evidence because they worried the judge could not help but be swayed by […]

    June 2, 2009

  • Latest News

    FAC News Press Release

    FAC Welcomes Legal Fellow Monica Price

    […] a judicial extern for Justice Goodwin Liu of the California Supreme Court and was president of the UC Hastings American Constitution Society. She also interned with the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the Complex and Affirmative Litigation Division at the San Francisco City Attorney's Office. Price’s research interests include police accountability, civil liberties and internet […]

    July 22, 2021

  • Latest News

    FAC News Press Release

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

    […] at UC Berkeley Law School (Boalt Hall). While a law student, he focused on First Amendment, privacy, national security and related matters as an intern at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a nonprofit in San Francisco, and as research assistant at the Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic at Boalt. Following graduation from law […]

    November 18, 2016

  • Latest News

    Cases

    CFAC joins appeal to permit webcasting of file-sharing case in federal court

    […] allowed cameras since an experiment in the 1990s---and the discretion of individual federal district court judges to permit cameras is unclear. The brief, filed yesterday, was prepared by lawyers for the Electronic Frontier Foundation. -PS Read an article about the brief in Online Media Daily. Read an article about the brief in Online Media Daily.

    June 2, 2009

  • Latest News

    FAC News Press Release

    Annie Cappetta Joins FAC as Legal Fellow

    […] two-year clerkship for Judge Travis R. McDonough, Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee, as well as legal internships with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, and South Carolina Appleseed Legal Justice Center. She is licensed to practice law in Tennessee. Annie received […]

    September 21, 2023