The ruling “is a huge win for press freedom” in the state — and for the RCFP-led media coalition that challenged the law in ...

From the Winter 2002 issue of The News Media & The Law, page 8. From the Winter 2002 issue of The News Media & The Law, page 8. Thirty-one states and the District of Columbia have enacted shield laws ...

The bill poses a serious threat to vigorous press coverage of terrorism. The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and a coalition of nonprofit news organizations are urging the U.S. House of ...

Attorneys from RCFP and Cornell Law School’s First Amendment Clinic have helped newsrooms obtain three settlements involving ...

RCFP is urging the Oklahoma Supreme Court to reverse a judgment that endangers the news media’s ability to report on matters ...

Background: In 2019 and 2021, U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents conducted warrantless searches of Chinwendu ...

Government denials of access will not go unchallenged,” said RCFP Colorado Local Legal Initiative Attorney Rachael Johnson.

Under the memorandum, the DOJ could still issue subpoenas or court orders for records when the “member of the news media is the subject or target of an investigation when that status is not based on ...

Background: In September 2015, the estate of Vallia Valene Karaharisis filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against Bucks County, Pennsylvania, its private medical contractor PrimeCare Medical, and other ...