Author Archive for Charlotte McBirney
Alliance Joins Coalition Brief Defending Group Libel Doctrine
On November 3, the Alliance joined a brief in Florio v. Gallaudet, in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, asking ... Read More
Alliance Joins Coalition Brief in Challenging Texas Drone Regulations
On November 27, the Alliance joined a brief in National Press Photographers Association v. McCraw in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth ... Read More
News/Media Alliance Joins Brief in Defense of Statutory Protections for Free Speech in D.C. Anti-SLAPP Act
On October 26, the Alliance joined a brief in Banks v. Hoffman, filed in the District of Columbia Court of Appeals ... Read More
Supreme Court Declines to Revisit NYT v. Sullivan, though Justice Thomas Wants to Revisit it in Future
On October 10th, the Supreme Court declined to revisit the landmark First Amendment decision in New York Times v. Sullivan, which provides vital First Amendment ... Read More
The Alliance Joins Media Coalition Urging Court to Allow Cameras at Trump’s Election Interference Trial
On October 5th, the Alliance joined an application, submitted to the DC Circuit Court, requesting audiovisual access to the United States v. Donald J. Trump ... Read More
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
