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Stover v. Phila. Dist. Attorney's Office, PICS Case No. 17-1099 (C.P. Philadelphia Nov. 22, 2016) Fletman, J. (5 pages).

The Office of Open Records did not err in finding that it had jurisdiction to hear plaintiff's appeal from a Philadelphia District Attorney's Office's decision denying his request for information about his own criminal conviction and in granting plaintiff's request for such documents under the Right to Know Law. The court affirmed the decision of the Office of Open Records granting plaintiff's document request.
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Legaltech News

In Improving Law Firm Security, IT Needs to Learn the Language of Legal

At ILTACON 2017, an expert from Traveling Coaches discussed improving law firm cybersecurity.
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New Jersey Law Journal

Verry v. Franklin Fire Dist. No. 1

Fire District Was Public Agency under OPRA, but Volunteer Fire Companies under District Supervision Not Necessarily Subject to OPRA
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The Recorder

Sukumar v. City of San Diego

C.A. 4th; D071527 The Fourth Appellate district reversed a trial court order and remanded. The court held that a plaintiff “prevailed” in…
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New York Law Journal

O'Donnell v. N.Y. City Police Dept.

Officer's Challenge to FOIL Request Moot, But Awarded Attorney Fees as Prevailing Party
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Daily Report Online

'I Would Avoid Blacks on This Jury': Will a Secret Memo See a Murder Case Overturned?

Attorney Stephen Reba found the memo amid a sheaf of loose papers in one of 10 banker boxes left over from the 2007 murder trial of a coastal Georgia physician.
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Connecticut Law Tribune

David vs. Goliath Battle Results in Step Forward for Open Government

Before this challenge, lawyers and clients have broadly used the privilege to make more things disappear than has David Copperfield, the famed illusionist.
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New Jersey Law Journal

In the Matter of the New Jersey Firemen's Ass'n Obligation to Provide Relief Applications Under the Open Public Records Act

OPRA Did Not Necessarily Prohibit Public Entity from Filing Declaratory Judgment Action to Determine Whether Records Subject to Disclosure
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New Jersey Law Journal

Equal Employment Opportunity Comm'n v. City of Long Branch

District Court Erroneously Treated Administrative Agency's Motion to Enforce Subpoena as Nondispositive Rather than Dispositive
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New Jersey Law Journal

Police Dashcam Footage Is a Disclosable Public Record

At a time of often bitter and hostile public discord concerning police shootings, our court's ruling was sage, both as a matter of law and public policy.
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