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New Jersey Law Journal

Justices: Data Fields Extracted Email Are Public Records

The Supreme Court of New Jersey has ruled that individual fields of data from electronically stored public records are subject to disclosure under the Open Public Records Act.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

NYPD Use of Noncommittal 'Glomar' Answer Questioned as Transparency Dodge

Some in the legal community can neither confirm nor deny that the New York City Police Department's policy of using the so-called Glomar doctrine as an exemption to open records requests is a good thing. But all can agree that the CIA-coined nonanswer to requests for information that was typically used in situations involving matters of national security has seen wider use in recent years.
19 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Morrison v. Dep't of Corrections, PICS Case No. 17-0890 (Pa. Commw. May 23, 2107) Covey, J. (6 pages).

OOR properly denied petitioner's RTKL request to the DOC for the "written judgment of sentence order" containing the judge's signature because the DOC did not have the document and petitioner's appeal of the OOR final determination explicitly stated that it was not challenging the OOR's denial but instead sought relief outside the RTKL by trying to challenge the legality of his detention. Affirmed.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Court Rejects OPRA Demand for Christie Campaign Letters

A New Jersey appeals court has ruled that Gov. Chris Christie does not have to turn over correspondence with a nonprofit group that assisted with his unsuccessful presidential bid.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

Feds Look to Bar Public Access to Immigration Policy Manual

The Justice Department submitted the manual under a provisional seal because there may be privileged or sensitive information in it.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

NY Times Sues FBI to Get Notes of Comey-Trump Talks

The New York Times has gone to court to try to get copies of documents created by fired FBI director James Comey after his conversations with President Donald Trump.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Matter of Luongo v. Records Access Appeals Officer NYCPD

Court Denies Attorney's Petition to Produce Documents of NYPD Administrative Summaries
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Smith v. Pa. Dep't of Envtl. Protection, PICS Case No. 17-0853 (Pa. Commw. May 8, 2017) Pellegrini, S. J. (30 pages).

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.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Matter of Collins v. The N.Y. City Police Depart.

NYPD Directed to Disclose Documents Responsive to FOIL Request of 1991 Case
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

Georgia Justices: Lawyers Should Have Held Off on Lawsuit, Appealed Judge's Order Nixing Court Tapes

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.
10 minute read

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