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Foster v. Pennsylvania Dept. of Corr., PICS Case No. 17-0579 (Pa. Commw. April 7, 2017) Wojcik, J. (7 pages).

By | April 21, 2017
Inmate could not use appeal of corrections department's denial of inmate's RTKL request, based on its determination that it did not possess inmate's sentencing order, as a collateral attack on his incarceration. Final determination of the Office of Open Records affirmed.
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Daily Report Online

Justices Hear Arguments Over Northside Hospital Deal Records

A public records fight between one of Atlanta's largest hospitals and a Jones Day partner spilled into the Supreme Court of Georgia Monday as Jones Day battled to reverse lower court rulings that have, so far, shielded hospital business transaction records from public scrutiny.
31 minute read

New York Law Journal

NYC Wins Round in Case Over Privacy of Municipal ID Data

In a ruling that gives New York City a victory in its effort to protect undocumented immigrants, a Staten Island judge found that destruction of records submitted for the city's municipal ID program does not violate New York's Freedom of Information Law.
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New York Law Journal

NYC Wins Round in Case Over Privacy of Municipal ID Data

In a ruling that gives New York City a victory in its effort to protect undocumented immigrants, a Staten Island judge found that destruction of records submitted for the city's municipal ID program does not violate New York's Freedom of Information Law.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Appeals Court Flips Decision on Files in Eric Garner Case

The city's Civilian Complaint Review Board is not required to release prior complaints against the NYPD officer who placed Eric Garner in a fatal chokehold, a Manhattan appeals court ruled.
6 minute read

Daily Report Online

Free Online Access to Georgia's Legal Code Violates Copyright, Judge Says

One day after a federal judge in Atlanta ruled that the state of Georgia may copyright its official legal code and pursue infringers, a California public records activist who had made Georgia's code available for free to the general public began work on an appeal.
12 minute read

New York Law Journal

Court Finds Consultants' Emails Are Public Records

A state judge said cloaking the informal relationship between Mayor Bill de Blasio and Jonathan Rosen, co-founder and principal of BerlinRosen, with the deliberative privilege exemption "impermissibly" broadens the exemption and runs counter to the public interest.
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

State Emp. Ret. Sys. v. Campbell, PICS Case No. 17-0378 (Pa. Commw. March 3, 2017) Cosgrove, J. (6 pages).

By | March 17, 2017
OOR erred in ordering disclosure of retired state employees' home addresses without first performing a balancing test between the public interest in disclosure and the employees' privacy interest. Final determination of the OOR vacated, case remanded.
6 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Princeton Seeks to Block Disclosure of Admissions Process Documents

Princeton University has filed a "reverse FOIA" complaint against the U.S. Department of Education in order to try and keep certain documents related to university admissions confidential.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Office of the Dist. Attorney of Philadelphia v. Bagwell, PICS Case No. 17-0284 (Pa. Commw. Feb. 16, 2017) Colins, S. J. (50 pages).

By | March 03, 2017
Trial court properly ordered city and district attorney's office to respond to RTKL requests and properly imposed a penalty for bad faith on the DA's office because the requests were sufficiently specific, not overly broad. Affirmed.
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