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Regulators analyzing MediaNews’ acquisition…

[…] with the Justice Department or Federal Trade Commission in such "pre-merger reviews" are traditionally confidential, let’s hope that McClatchy, MediaNews and Hearst, which are all in the business of making information public, will elect to tell their readers what they are telling government regulators. Peter Scheer, a lawyer and journalist, is Executive Director of CFAC.

June 2, 2009
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Prop 8 Supreme Court hearing is best evidence yet for allowing cameras into the courtroom
- Government Transparency and Accountability
June 3, 2009
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Police Failed to Tell Judge of Bryan Carmody’s Status as Journalist Before Obtaining Warrant, Unsealed Records Show

[…] department’s extreme overreach here, the more the city’s violation of California and federal law becomes obvious. There must be accountability, at the highest levels of San Francisco government, for this trampling on journalists’ rights. Judge East on July 18 ordered police to publicly release the search warrant application, which police used to collect call […]
- Press Freedom
July 23, 2019
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Pardon Power and Your Right to Know
- Government Transparency and Accountability
September 18, 2021
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On Access: The First Amendment Crisis You Probably Haven’t Heard About
- Government Transparency and Accountability
January 13, 2020
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NSA may have adhered to legal rules, but legal rules can’t keep up with changes in surveillance technology

[…] investigators have taken stock of all the revelations in the NSA records released by Edward Snowden, the verdict is likely to be that the exposed NSA surveillance activities were NOT unlawful. That isn't to say the NSA's scarfing up of email and phone call metadata filling acres of computer servers in Utah wasn't excessive, […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
November 25, 2013
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New episode of ‘Civic’ podcast features FAC’s David Snyder on press protections at protests

[…] and ears of the public," Snyder told "Civic" host Laura Wenus. "They are the only people, in most instances, who are in position to tell us what government is doing in our name." Senate Bill 98, introduced by state Sen. Mike McGuire, would would provide some additional protections for journalists at protest scenes and […]
- Press Freedom
June 11, 2021
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First Amendment Coalition and Knock LA motion to unseal search warrant

[…] later, authorities have brought no charges and the search warrant materials remain under seal, depriving the public of the ability to assess the conduct of law enforcement’s actions. California law is clear: "ocuments and records of the court relating to the warrant shall be open to the public as a judicial record," except in […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
August 10, 2022
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Leading Constitutional Law Scholar Erwin Chemerinsky Joins FAC Board

[…] look forward to his leadership and vision, as well as his unparalleled knowledge, insight and acumen, as we tackle threats to free speech, a free press and government transparency." Chemerinsky joins a 23-member board composed of working and retired journalists, lawyers, publishers and community leaders. ABOUT FAC The First Amendment Coalition is a nonprofit […]

May 7, 2020
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Lawyers' group fails in attempt to intervene in CFAC suit over State Bar affirmative action records

CFAC's lawsuit against the State Bar for bar exam records relevant to research on law schools' affirmative action policies has moved forward. CFAC successfully turned back an attempt by a group of lawyers, who claim to be interested in the confidentiality of the Bar data, to intervene in the case to block disclosure. At […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
June 2, 2009