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Newsgathering

Can I use audio clips of solicitors refusing to be interviewed?

[…] it would not seem that anything they say could be remotely construed as "confidential." Bryan Cave 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.

May 12, 2014
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First Amendment Newsgathering

When Can A Newspaper Publish Documents Meant To Be Private?

[…] consists of leaked internal company documents from a disgruntled ex-employee (a notice of tax lien, e-mails, bill collection notices). This is a private company,not a public or governmental entity, so I have no way of independently acquiring or verifying these same documents. Are we within our rights to use the documents in the story? […]

May 29, 2010
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First Amendment

How do I find court rulings against stores that block petitioners?

[…] no violation of the First Amendment in denying plaintiff the right to collect signatures.). Bryan Cave 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.

July 19, 2012
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First Amendment

Can a retail store deny you the right to petition their customers?

[…] public to congregate there or do anything other than shop for food and that the store was therefore not the kind of public forum that property owners must yield to free speech activities like petitioning. Subsequent decisions considering petitioning and related free speech rights at stand-alone retail establishments followed this reasoning and allowed the […]

April 27, 2010
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First Amendment

Arrested for using “colorful” language at city council meeting

[…] single four-letter expletive a criminal offense."Id. at 26. Holme Roberts & Owen LLP is general counsel for the First Amendment Coalition and responds to First Amendment Coalition 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. Cornell Law

December 31, 2010
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Social Media

Are Facebook comments protected speech?

[…] law, you might try the local county Bar Association for a referral. Bryan Cave LLP is general counsel to the First Amendment Coalition and responds to First Amendment Coalition 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.

June 8, 2012
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CPRA

Surveillance of email, IP address, and subpoenas

[…] by Third Parties" has some information relevant to your specific question (). Bryan Cave LLP is general counsel for the First Amendment Coalition and responds to First Amendment Coalition 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.

November 7, 2013
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First Amendment

Free speech and advocating illegal drugs

The First Amendment (and the California Constitution) protect individuals against government action based on the individual's truthful speech in many situations. A social networking site focused on a drug that is illegal throughout most of the country could conceivably implicate various state or federal criminal laws, though, including what liability you might have for […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Can CA Alcoholic Beverage Control withhold documents?

[…] from the California Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) to no avail. I have a lot of backstory and email exchanges. I also have a lot of experience through activism and advocacy regarding their policies and am asking relatively clear questions and requesting data I believe, beyond any doubt, that they have but are not giving […]

September 15, 2014
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CPRA

City rules complainant names are always withheld

[…] explicitly or because the 6255 began and ended with it). Holme Roberts & Owen LLP is general counsel for the First Amendment Coalition and responds to First Amendment Coalition 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.

December 28, 2010