In a letter to the New Mexico House of Representatives Consumer & Public Affairs Committee, the Reporters Committee expressed ...

"The White House obviously does not have a legitimate basis for barring Associated Press reporters from events yesterday and ...

RCFP attorneys are representing the journalist in her effort to access records related to the 76ers’ now-abandoned plans to ...

Briggs is one of five RCFP attorneys who provides pro bono legal support to local journalists and newsrooms as part of the ...

RCFP attorneys represented WBIR anchor John Becker in his lawsuit against the university seeking records related to a federal ...

President Barack Obama’s recent assertion of executive privilege in the investigation into Operation Fast and Furious highlights the difficulty journalists can face when invocation of the ...

Journalists who lie on employment applications to gain access to private facilities for newsgathering activities are not protected by… Journalists who lie on employment applications to gain access to ...

The Reporter’s Recording Guide provides a summary of the recording laws (which restrict the recording and dissemination of phone calls and in-person conversations) and hidden camera laws (which ...

Anti-SLAPP laws provide defendants a way to quickly dismiss meritless lawsuits — known as SLAPPs or strategic lawsuits against public participation — filed against them for exercising speech, press, ...

A media coalition led by RCFP is supporting ProPublica’s lawsuit against the Navy over its refusal to provide access to military court records and proceedings.

From the Summer 2003 issue of The News Media & The Law, page 11. From the Summer 2003 issue of The News Media & The Law, page 11. Most courts adjudicating product disparagement lawsuits have assumed ...

From the Summer 2011 issue of The News Media & The Law, page 18. There are two broad types of… From the Summer 2011 issue of The News Media & The Law, page 18. There are two broad types of laws that ...