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    FAC News

    Now Hiring: FAC Legal Fellow

    […] journalists and others, with a particular focus on those in traditionally underserved communities. FAC’s legal work is focused on enhancing public access to federal, state and local government records and proceedings and protecting the First Amendment rights of free speech and press. FAC also works to provide legal assistance to journalists served with subpoenas […]

    October 14, 2021

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    Now Hiring: 2023 Legal Fellow

    […] to the health of our democracy – that the values expressed by the First Amendment provide a blueprint for an inclusive, equitable society and a responsive, accountable government. To that end, FAC educates, advocates and litigates to protect and promote government transparency and First Amendment protections for all. The Legal Fellow will report to […]

    September 9, 2022

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    Blog Cases

    New “drone memo” to be released to FAC . . . and other developments in FAC’s legal cases

    The US Justice Department has advised FAC that it plans to release a second redacted memo analyzing the legality of the government’s proposed use of force to kill al-Aulaqi, a US citizen who had joined Al Qaeda and taken on operational functions for Al-Qaeda’s  operations in Yemen. Al-Aulaqi was subsequently killed in a 2010 […]

    July 11, 2014

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    Judge orders release of SF Ethics Comm’n docs, despite claim of attorney privilege

    […] privilege applied because the documents consisted of communications between his and the city attorney's offices. Plaintiff Allen Grossman, a San Francisco resident and long-time activist for open government, noted that Sunshine Ordinance Sec. 67.24(b)(1)(iii) establishes disclosability of city attorney's advice regarding city and state open-meetings and public-records laws and ethics codes. Though the Sunshine […]

    November 1, 2013

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    FAC News Press Release

    Journalists Thomas Peele & Caroline Titus named 2016 FAC Award Winners

    First Amendment Coalition is proud to announce the recipients of the organization's 2016 Free Speech & Open Government Award. Out of more than two dozen nominees, two contestants will be honored, one representing a mainstream news organization, and the other representing small-scale community journalism. What they share is their diligence in pursuit of access to public […]

    November 29, 2016

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    How FAC Fights for Police Transparency

    Democracy depends on accountability. Transparency is the oxygen of accountability. That is why California law requires access to government records unless they fall within specific exceptions from disclosure. The public has a special interest in disclosure about law enforcement. As the California Legislature has declared, officers are vested with "extraordinary authority — the powers […]

    August 9, 2023

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    FAC News Press Release

    First Amendment Attorney Duffy Carolan Elected President of FAC Board of Directors

    […] Directors. Carolan, a former journalist who has spent her career defending the First Amendment, is one of the country’s foremost champions of free speech and access to government information. As a partner at the Jassy, Vick, Carolan firm in San Francisco, Carolan represents a wide range of media in defamation, prior restraint, copyright, and […]

    January 15, 2018

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    Cases Press Release

    FAC, joining info requests for Palin speech at UCS-Stanislaus, also requests speaking contract for Bill Clinton talk at UC Berkeley

    […] Clinton speeches potentially raise several important legal issues. One is the enforceability under access laws of a confidentiality clause in contracts entered into by public agencies. Another issue is the applicability of the Public Records Act to an ostensibly private entity, like the CSU Stanislaus foundation, that functions as an extension of a government entity.

    April 8, 2010

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    FAC News Press Release

    FAC Welcomes Legal Fellow Sherene Tagharobi

    The First Amendment Coalition is pleased to welcome Sherene Tagharobi, an attorney and Emmy-nominated former journalist, as its new legal fellow focusing on press freedom and government transparency. Tagharobi joins FAC from the law firm Nixon Peabody, where she represented individuals and businesses in complex litigation and government investigation matters. She also represented pro […]

    July 17, 2020

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    FAC News Press Release

    FAC teams up with New America Media and CA Black Media to assist ethnic journalists

    […] the Legal Hotline available on a priority basis for NAM and CBM members--hundreds of journalists around the country---to give them expert guidance and support in reporting on government. The Legal Hotline handles questions about freedom of speech, access to government records, attending court proceedings or meetings of government agencies, and many more matters involving […]

    July 23, 2016