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New Jersey Law Journal

No Presumption of Privacy for Those Winning Public Auctions, Court Holds

In a unanimous ruling, the court, overturning the Appellate Division, said persons who purchase seized items from public agencies may have their names and addresses released under the state's Open Public Records Act.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

DOJ Apologizes for 'Oversight' on Trump Hotel Records Fight

That “oversight” came after the government attempted to withhold the names and email addresses of various members on President Donald Trump's transition team that were already available online.
2 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Justices Won't Weigh Open Records Law's Application to Worker's Reason for Quitting

The order leaves standing an Appellate Division ruling from January holding that the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office did not violate OPRA when it declined to give a reason for an employee's resignation.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

State Moves to Limit Home Health Agencies

In his Health Law column, Francis J. Serbaroli of Greenberg Traurig, discusses the moratorium that New York recently imposed on licensed home health care agencies, of which there are more than 1,400 in the state.
10 minute read

Daily Business Review

NRA Appeals Federal Court Ruling on 'Jane Doe' in Gun Case

The gun-rights group filed the appeal after U.S. District Judge Mark Walker decided that previous court rulings forced him to reject the request to keep the identity of “Jane Doe” private.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

Northside Hospital, Jones Day Partner Lock Horns Again at Court of Appeals Over Whether Hospital Records Are Public

A public records fight over documents associated with Northside Hospital's $100 million acquisition of four private medical practices has pitted the hospital against a Jones Day partner who may be suing on behalf of an anonymous client.
5 minute read

The Recorder

Committee Rejects Judges' Push to Limit Settlement Disclosure Rule

The Rules and Projects Committee unanimously agreed to send the amendments to Rule of Court 10.500, the judiciary's open records guidelines, to the full Judicial Council. If the council authorizes the changes at its May 24 meeting, the expanded-access rule would take effect June 1.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Out-of-State Plaintiffs Covered by Open Public Records Act, Court Says

In a published opinion covering a trio of consolidated cases, a three-judge panel said the state Legislature, in enacting OPRA, didn't mean for it to appeal to in-state residents only.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Trove of Documents Expected to Reveal NYPD's Asset Seizure Practices

The department handed over 160,000 documents related to a year's worth of seizures in the Bronx as part of a settlement agreement with The Bronx Defenders and Davis Wright Tremaine.
4 minute read

The Recorder

Judges Raise Concerns About Proposal to Open Up Their Settlements

"Some CJA members have expressed concern that the disclosure of settlement agreements would be contrary to the understanding that the agreements would remain confidential despite case law interpreting" open records rules, the California Judges Association said in a comment about the proposal.
3 minute read

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