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  • Asked and Answered

    Is your personal information safe if Microsoft or Google is subpoenaed?

    […] a particular email account.  If you have not already done so, you might check the privacy policies and/or terms of service on the web sites of both entities, which might provide this information and/or contain other information pertinent to your situation. The steps you might take to prevent discovery of your identifying information would […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Newsgathering

    Publishing a photo showing license plate numbers

    […] in something else), there will be little risk of invading he car owner's privacy. 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.

    June 6, 2013

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    CPRA Police Records

    Are CPRA exemptions discretionary?

    […] agency should not apply its blanket policy pertaining to investigatory records to such requests). 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.

    August 21, 2012

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    Brown Act

    Does newspaper candidate forum constitute a quorum?

    […] question would have come up before, but I don't think it has -- probably because they usually involve less than a quorum of a legislative body. In Government Code section 54952.2(c), the Brown Act Contains a limited number of exceptions in which a quorum may gather without qualifying as a "meeting" that must be […]

    October 6, 2009

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    Brown Act CPRA

    Councilmembers texting during meeting a Brown Act violation?

    […] therefore conclude that this proceeding is not clearly frivolous." Id. at 1302. 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. Judge plugs

    May 23, 2013

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    CPRA Police Records

    Trouble obtaining arrest records and mugshots

    […] PRA at the First Amendment Coalition web site at http://firstamendmentcoalition.org/category/resources/access-to-records/. 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.

    October 28, 2011

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    Brown Act

    Does Brown Act allow public meeting recordings to be destroyed?

    […] decided by a state board would factor into any Brown Act analysis. 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.

    March 25, 2013

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    CPRA Police Records

    Police claims officer ‘use of force’ reports personnel not public issue

    […] agency should release the records in a redacted form.Gov't Code § 6253(a). Holme Roberts & Owen 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 8, 2011

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    CPRA

    Sheriff refuses access to complaint

    […] be redacted. That may address he privacy concerns which justify each exemption. Holme Roberts & Owen 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.

    January 10, 2012