As part of Sunshine week, on March 11, 2024, the Alliance joined a letter with a coalition of groups urging the New York legislature and Governor Hochul to pass a package of legislation that would strengthen New York’s Freedom of Information Law (FOIL).
The Alliance submitted comments on March 11 commending the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC’s) measured and considered approach to updating the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) Rule.
The DOL announced a final rule revising its interpretation of the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA) classification provision to determine whether a worker may be considered an independent contractor. The rule goes into effect March 11.
Every year, we celebrate Sunshine Week to honor the work of the journalists and private citizens who are utilizing the Freedom of Information Act to bring government records out of the dark filing cabinets where they live and into the sunlight.
This Sunshine in Government Week, journalists’ rights still hang in the balance. The News/Media Alliance continues to support journalist efforts to increase government transparency and protections for journalists.
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted final rules, by a vote of 3-2, on March 6 regarding reporting requirements for climate-related disclosures by public companies.
This month, we celebrate the 60th anniversary of one of the most important Supreme Court cases – New York Times v. Sullivan – that significantly shaped free speech protections for the press and the public at large.
On February 1, 2024, the Alliance joined a brief in National Public Radio (“NPR”) v. Virginia Department of Corrections (“Va. Doc”), filed in the Virginia Court of Appeals in support of NPR’s attempt to obtain audio tapes of former executions from the Va. DOC under Virginia’s Freedom of Information Act.
On February 8, 2024, the Alliance joined a brief in Martinez v. ZoomInfo Technologies, Inc. filed in the Ninth Circuit, in which the plaintiff sued ZoomInfo, a professional web directory service, alleging violations of right-of-publicity by including the plaintiff’s name and professional information in a ZoomInfo “teaser” profile to advertise for subscriptions.
On February 9, the News/Media Alliance joined a brief, filed in the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, explaining how section 1201 of the Copyright Act is consistent with, and supportive of First Amendment protections.
