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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 […]

    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!

    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 […]

    March 14, 2011

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    FAC News Press Release

    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 […]

    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

    […] us..... -rcastevet ---- Quite a rant there rcastevet...four entries. Yet, I have never heard of an attorney representing an anonymous client. In any court proceeding, all parties must be identified publicly, unless such identification results in a danger to them or others, in which case the identity is made known only to the judge […]

    June 3, 2009

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    Amici Briefs Digest – Sept. 2018

    […] Authored Amici ACLU 9th Circuit Appeal. On August 3, we filed an amicus brief in support of the ACLU of Northern California’s appeal of an adverse Privacy Act ruling against their clients, two editors of the website antiwar.com. Our amicus brief argues, in essence, that the lower court’s ruling would open the door to […]

    September 20, 2018

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    Purported Shasta County Media Policy Threatens Press Freedom, FAC Writes

    […] County Board of Supervisors opposing its purported "media policies and procedures" described in a press release issued on July 29. At best, these policies create confusion, and at worst, they run counter to the Ralph M. Brown Act and First Amendment and threaten the ability of journalists to exercise editorial independence in covering government meetings.

    July 30, 2024

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    First Amendment

    Can Home Owners’ Association Prohibit Political Signage?

    […] situation. Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP is general counsel for the First Amendment Coalition and responds to FAC hotline inquiries. In responding to these inquiries, we can give general information regarding open government and speech issues but cannot provide specific legal advice or representation. No attorney-client relationship has been formed by way of this response.

    January 19, 2021