By njlawjournal | New Jersey Law Journal | July 20, 2017
Release of Use of Force Reports Not Excepted from OPRA Disclosure Because Their Creation Was Required by Law
By Cogan Schneier | July 13, 2017
The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday released a portion of Attorney General Jeff Sessions' security clearance documents in response to a public-records lawsuit, but at a subsequent court hearing, attorneys were still quibbling over the disclosure.
By Michael Booth | July 11, 2017
Dashboard camera recordings and use-of-force reports generated in connection with the fatal police shooting of a man who led the officers on a high-speed chase through several northern New Jersey communities are public records subject to disclosure, the state Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday.
By Jonathan Ringel | July 10, 2017
The move brings the Atlanta-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit up to date with all but one of the federal circuit courts around the country.
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | July 7, 2017
Plaintiff properly sought to enforce a final determination of the Office of Open Records through a writ of mandamus, rather than a petition to enforce, where he did not appeal the final determination to a court for a merits review. The court affirmed the trial court's decision denying plaintiff relief on the merits.
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | June 30, 2017
State agency obligated to request payment of fee upon RTKL requester's request for certified copies of disclosed records, but requester not entitled to relief on his request for certified copies where agency's affirmation of true and correct nature of records was functional equivalent of RTKL's "certification." Order of the trial court affirmed.
By njlawjournal | New Jersey Law Journal | June 29, 2017
Sender/Recipient Email Data for Emails Sent between Public Officials Constituted "Records" Under OPRA
By therecorder | The Recorder | June 23, 2017
C.A. 2nd; B257230 The Second Appellate District granted a petition for writ of mandate. The court held that the fee totals from invoices for legal services…
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | June 23, 2017
Insurer reimbursement rates were exempt from disclosure under Right-to-Know Law because insurer was statutorily required to submit them to Insurance Department, and thus department was construed to have "requested" the documents. Order of the Office of Open Records reversed.
By Chris Powell | June 22, 2017
Deference to the families of the schoolchildren and educators murdered at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown in 2012 has gone much too far.
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