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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
6 minute read

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.
13 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Court Split on Public Records Requirements for Fire Department

Fire districts in New Jersey, which provide most of the state's firefighting services, are subject to the Open Public Records Act, though their member fire companies may not be subject to the same rules, the state Supreme Court ruled on Monday.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Unidentified Christie Aides Subject to Bridgegate OPRA Fines

A state appeals court ruled that officials in the Christie administration could face civil penalties for failing to release documents, requested by a newspaper group under the state's Open Public Records Act, related to the Bridgegate scandal.
10 minute read

National Law Journal

Merrick Garland, in MetLife's 'Too Big to Fail' Dispute, Rules for Transparency

A federal appeals court in Washington ruled Tuesday that a district judge should not have allowed extensive redactions and sealed filings in MetLife Inc.'s fight with financial regulators over the company's designation as "too big to fail," in a unanimous opinion that trumpeted the public's right to access court records.
13 minute read

National Law Journal

Privacy Group Wins Standing, Loses Bid to Block Trump Voter Commission

A privacy rights group is the latest plaintiff to lose a challenge to President Donald Trump's voter integrity commission.
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Court Deftly Balanced Access and Confidentiality in OPRA Ruling

Our Supreme Court's recent interpretation of the Open Public Records Act in Paff v. Galloway Twp. applies enhances public access on the one hand while preserving OPRA's confidentiality-preserving exceptions on the other.
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Pa. State Police v. Grove, PICS Case No. 17-1010 (Pa. June 20, 2017) Dougherty, J.; Wecht and Todd, J.J., concurring; Saylor, C.J. and Mundy J., concurring and dissenting (57 pages).

The lower court properly found that motor vehicle recordings are not exempt from disclosure. The court affirmed in part, reversed in part and remanded.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

N. Jersey Media Grp. v. Twp. of Lyndhurst

Release of Use of Force Reports Not Excepted from OPRA Disclosure Because Their Creation Was Required by Law
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Hemming and Hawing, US DOJ Coughs Up Sessions' Foreign-Contact Form

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.
4 minute read

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