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FAC Welcomes David Loy as Legal Director

[…] as legal director for nearly 16 years, overseeing a diverse docket of civil rights cases. Loy will direct FAC’s strategic litigation program, enforcing California and federal open- government laws and defending First Amendment protections. And he will work with other senior staff to champion legislative and policy reforms to strengthen press freedom, protest rights […]

February 16, 2022
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FAC sues Sonoma County to unlock secret Super Bowl promo deal

[…] interest in disclosure. FAC is represented in the case by Karl Olson, San Francisco attorney with the law firm of Ram, Olson, Cereghino & Kopczynski "How a government agency spends public funds cannot be private, proprietary information," said Peter Scheer, FAC’s executive director. "Stamping the word ‘CONFIDENTIAL’ across the top of a public document […]

February 4, 2016
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FAC sues Palm Springs water agencies for data on water use by corporate customers

The First Amendment Coalition has filed a CPRA suit against two government water agencies in the Palm Springs area to compel them to make public water usage data, by customer name, for each of their biggest corporate customers. The agencies, Coachella Valley Water District and the Desert Water Agency, have published this information in […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
August 16, 2014
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FAC Fights Secret Hearings in Death Penalty Case

[…] remote access, e.g. audio or video streaming, to safely accommodate those who wish to exercise their First Amendment rights. FAC, a California nonprofit organization that advocates for government transparency and public participation in civic affairs, is standing in for the public and press in the Cruz case. This is not FAC’s first fight for […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
September 28, 2020
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FAC & Reporters Committee file briefs in Apple v. Samsung secrecy appeal

[…] FAC also argues that characterizing the records as "trade secrets" does not justify their sealing, both because the disputed records don't qualify as trade secrets and because even trade secrets must be disclosed unless there are compelling reasons to keep them under wraps. FAC amicus RCFP amicus Support FAC's work: Donate! Support FAC's work: Donate!
- Government Transparency and Accountability
October 17, 2012
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Download Sunshine Week Coast to Coast

[…] to Coast looks like on iOpenGov at http://popplet.com/app/#/7663. Download iOpenGov at http://bit.ly/OpenGovApp. Sunshine Week is a national initiative to promote a dialogue about the importance of open government and freedom of information. Participants include news media, civic groups, libraries, nonprofits, schools and others interested in the public's right to know. Sunshine Week as a […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
March 14, 2011
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David Snyder, Journalist and First Amendment Lawyer, Named to Head FAC

[…] levels of both professions, has been selected as the new Executive Director of the First Amendment Coalition. He takes over leadership of the free speech and open- government organization on January 1. Snyder is an attorney in the San Francisco office of Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton, a global law firm. His practice includes […]

November 18, 2016
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CFAC and MAPLight sue for public access to state’s legislative database

[…] the legislative process by linking campaign contributions to specific legislative actions. This will prove embarrassing to legislators. CFAC now has three test cases pending involving access to government-controlled databases. In addition to this one, we have sued Santa Clara County for access to its real estate parcel map database (for use in digital mapping […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
June 3, 2009
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Bush Signs FOIA Rewrite

[…] discounted processing and duplication fees that are available to the news media. Other important reforms include: Broadening the scope of information that can be requested by including government contracting information held by private contractors; Assigning public tracking numbers to all requests; Denying agencies that exceed the 20-day deadline for responses the right to charge […]

June 2, 2009
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Back Talk

[…] need....[...Evidence. Attorney-Client Privilege. Attorney Privileged from Identifying Anonymous Clients Who Employed Him to Forward Sums in Payment of Past Taxes Believed Due, but Not under Investigation by Government Virginia Law Review, Vol. 47, No. 1 (Jan., 1961), pp. 126-132 -rcastevet ----- I'm the author of the article on anonymous speech that you are discussing. […]

June 3, 2009