NJ court: High costs is denial of access; awards atty's fees
Christine Beckett Feature April 29, 2011The appellate division of the Superior Court of New Jersey awarded attorney's fees to a records-access plaintiff Monday in Smith v. Hudson County Register even...
View ArticleIowa ruling clarifies who must pay legal fees in FOI suits
Jamie Schuman Feature November 21, 2011The Iowa Supreme Court recently clarified the state’s open records statute by ruling that a government agency must prove it acted in “good faith” in withholding...
View ArticleCourt denies fee award in JFK assassination records suit
You-Jin Han Feature December 19, 2011A U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. ruled that a journalist who sued the CIA under the federal Freedom of Information Act to release certain John F. Kennedy...
View ArticleOhio high court orders partial release of toxicity records
You-Jin Han Feature January 20, 2012The Ohio Supreme Court ruled Thursday that with respect to agency records related to lead poisoning, only portions that do not have “personal identifying...
View ArticleLibel lawsuit against professional review website dismissed under Wash....
Andrea Papagianis News April 2, 2012The U.S. District Court in Seattle dismissed a lawsuit against a website that profiles and rates lawyers, doctors and dentists across the country under the...
View ArticleFla. appeals court awards attorney's fees for county's undue delay in...
Josh Hoberman News May 18, 2012A Florida appeals court ruled today that a county could not avoid paying attorney's fees to a successful records requester who sued for access merely by demonstrating...
View ArticleOklahoma court grants media limited access to state foster care records
Emily Miller News May 29, 2012An Oklahoma appeals court on Friday affirmed a lower court’s decision to grant the media limited access to state agency records regarding foster parents in 14 counties.The...
View ArticleRhode Island revamps public records law to be more requestor-friendly
Raymond Baldino News June 27, 2012Rhode Island's governor signed into law yesterday what open records advocates have called the first major revisions in 14 years to its Access to Public Records Act --...
View ArticleMassachusetts newspaper wins legal fees after getting reporter subpoena quashed
Jeff Zalesin News June 18, 2013A federal district court handed a Massachusetts newspaper an unusually robust victory in a reporter’s privilege case last week, not only quashing a subpoena but allowing...
View ArticleCity must pay $538,555 in public records suit over e-mail metadata
Jeff Zalesin News July 2, 2013A town in Washington state must pay more than half a million dollars to resolve a seven-year lawsuit that brought electronic metadata within the scope of the state public...
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First Amendment Coalition v. Dep't of Justice
October 5, 20152015-10-05-first-amendment-coalition-v-de.pdfThe First Amendment Coalition sought to recover costs and fees after it received two memoranda from the government in its FOIA case. The...
View ArticleIowa ruling clarifies who must pay legal fees in FOI suits
Jamie Schuman Feature November 21, 2011The Iowa Supreme Court recently clarified the state’s open records statute by ruling that a government agency must prove it acted in “good faith” in withholding...
View ArticleCourt denies fee award in JFK assassination records suit
You-Jin Han Feature December 19, 2011A U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. ruled that a journalist who sued the CIA under the federal Freedom of Information Act to release certain John F. Kennedy...
View ArticleOhio high court orders partial release of toxicity records
You-Jin Han Feature January 20, 2012The Ohio Supreme Court ruled Thursday that with respect to agency records related to lead poisoning, only portions that do not have “personal identifying...
View ArticleLibel lawsuit against professional review website dismissed under Wash....
Andrea Papagianis News April 2, 2012The U.S. District Court in Seattle dismissed a lawsuit against a website that profiles and rates lawyers, doctors and dentists across the country under the...
View ArticleFla. appeals court awards attorney's fees for county's undue delay in...
Josh Hoberman News May 18, 2012A Florida appeals court ruled today that a county could not avoid paying attorney's fees to a successful records requester who sued for access merely by demonstrating...
View ArticleOklahoma court grants media limited access to state foster care records
Emily Miller News May 29, 2012An Oklahoma appeals court on Friday affirmed a lower court’s decision to grant the media limited access to state agency records regarding foster parents in 14 counties.The...
View ArticleRhode Island revamps public records law to be more requestor-friendly
Raymond Baldino News June 27, 2012Rhode Island's governor signed into law yesterday what open records advocates have called the first major revisions in 14 years to its Access to Public Records Act --...
View ArticleMassachusetts newspaper wins legal fees after getting reporter subpoena quashed
Jeff Zalesin News June 18, 2013A federal district court handed a Massachusetts newspaper an unusually robust victory in a reporter’s privilege case last week, not only quashing a subpoena but allowing...
View ArticleCity must pay $538,555 in public records suit over e-mail metadata
Jeff Zalesin News July 2, 2013A town in Washington state must pay more than half a million dollars to resolve a seven-year lawsuit that brought electronic metadata within the scope of the state public...
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