By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | June 2, 2017
OOR erred in holding that a "well site" was not an "industrial plant" and court found that investigative reports pertaining to well sites were public records in a RTKL action but OOR correctly held that DEP met its burden of showing that certain records were exempt under the attorney-client privilege and/or work product doctrine, records relating to the location of radioactive material were exempt under public safety and security concerns, other documents were exempt under trade secret and confidential information, the notes and working papers, internal predecisional deliberation and noncriminal investigation exemptions. Affirmed in part and reversed in part.
By Greg Land | May 30, 2017
The Georgia Supreme Court on Tuesday sidestepped an opportunity to clarify whether a court reporter's backup tapes of courtroom proceedings may be copied, ruling against a law firm's efforts to force their disclosure through a lawsuit against a Superior Court judge and court reporter.
By Andrew Denney | May 22, 2017
The New York City Police Department's changing excuses for not turning over an accounting of the amount of property seized from arrestees "just do not make sense," a Manhattan judge said in denying the department's motion to dismiss an open records suit.
By Michael Booth | May 19, 2017
The Missouri Supreme Court has struck down a law — drafted based on city funding information revealed during the investigation into the 2014 Ferguson shooting of Michael Brown — that capped revenues raised from traffic fines at 12.5 percent for a group of municipalities in St. Louis County.
By Tony Mauro | May 9, 2017
On the eve of his Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday, Solicitor General-nominee Noel Francisco is the focus of a lawsuit seeking information about his participation in the legal battle over President Donald Trump's travel ban.
By Jenna Greene | May 9, 2017
It's almost a given: the more horrific the injury, the more appalling the negligence, the more likely the inevitable lawsuit will settle on confidential terms. And so went the lawsuit against a Kansas City, Kansas amusement park, where 10-year-old Caleb Schwab was decapitated on a waterslide last year. Until The Kansas City Star got involved, that is.
By Andrew Denney | May 3, 2017
A federal judge has awarded almost $52,000 in attorney fees to The New York Times for its successful Freedom of Information Act suit against the CIA to force the production of records related to abandoned chemical weapons in Iraq that sickened U.S. soldiers.
By ROBERT STORACE | May 1, 2017
The ACLU of Connecticut filed a Freedom of Information Act request April 26 to all Connecticut police departments seeking every alternative, police-commissioned study of traffic stop data.
By Greg Land | May 1, 2017
The case hinges on whether the makers of the podcast "Undisclosed" can copy audio files from a 2000 homicide case.
By Sue Reisinger | April 25, 2017
A panel sponsored by the American Bar Association's Standing Committee on Law and National Security explored those lines in a webcast Tuesday. "Whistleblowers, Leaks and the Media: The Legal Rules" included lawyers and journalists who have been caught up in national security issues.
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