Author Archive for Charlotte McBirney
Alliance Joins Brief Arguing for Disclosure of Public Records in Virginia Zoning Case
On September 7, the Alliance joined a brief in Citizens for Fauquier County v. Town of Warrenton, filed in the Virginia Court of Appeals ... Read More
Alliance Joins Brief Arguing Court Records Should Not be Retroactively Sealed Post-Trial
On September 19, the Alliance joined a brief in United Healthcare v. Eighth Judicial District Court of the State of Nevada, filed in the Nevada ... Read More
Three Reasons Why a Small-Town Newspaper Raid is No Small-Fry Matter
On August 11, 2023, a small-town newspaper in Kansas, the Marion County Record, was raided by law enforcement. The raid quickly made national and international ... Read More
Alliance Joins Letter Urging Supreme Court to Make Access to Live Audio Feed Permanent
On September 13, the Alliance joined 62 other media organizations on a letter urging the Supreme Court to make permanent its practice of providing the ... Read More
New Jersey Becomes 33rd State to Enact an Anti-SLAPP Law
On September 7th, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed into law S.2802/A.4393, to provide anti-SLAPP protections against lawsuits known as SLAPPs (short for strategic lawsuits ... Read More
Alliance Joins Brief in Support of Shielding Slain Nevada Journalist’s Confidential Materials
On August 7th, the Alliance joined a brief in Las Vegas Review-Journal v. State of Nevada, filed in the Supreme Court of Nevada, in support ... Read More
Alliance Joins Brief Challenging Virginia Governor’s Office Reliance on “Working Papers” Exemption to Withhold Records
On August 7th, the Alliance joined a brief in Sawyer v. Virginia, filed in the Virginia Court of Appeals. The case concerns a series of ... Read More
Alliance Joins Brief Arguing Outdated Technology Not an Excuse to Avoid Disclosure Requirements
On July 27th, the Alliance joined a brief in Edgar County Watchdogs v. The Will County Sheriff’s Office, filed in the Supreme Court of Illinois ... Read More
Alliance Joins Comments on Proposed Rules for Drone Use in New York City
On July 7, the Alliance joined comments drafted by the National Press Photographers Association in response to the New York City Police Department (“NYPD”) proposed ... Read More
Alliance Joins Brief Defending Netflix in Support of First Amendment Rights
On June 7th, the Alliance joined a brief in Netflix v. Babin, filed in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, dealing ... Read More
