The legislation would allow courts to quickly weed out meritless lawsuits intended to chill speech about matters of public interest.
RCFP attorneys co-represented The Intercept and The Center for Investigative Reporting in a successful effort to make the records public.
Represented by an RCFP attorney, Oklahoma Watch sued the state last year for records related to the resignation of a senior education official.
A Pennsylvania judge has ordered state police to release body-worn camera footage capturing a car chase that ended in a fatal ...
A Tennessee judge has ordered the state to provide journalists expanded access to execution proceedings, finding that its restrictions on news media witnesses likely violated state law and the First ...
The government cannot justify wholesale secrecy here, where the public’s ability to understand a search with serious ...
These sweeping seizures of a journalist’s records violate the First Amendment, Fourth Amendment, and the Privacy Protection Act.
Background: In July 2025, Oklahoma Voice reporter Barbara Hoberock filed an open records request seeking the Oklahoma ...
Within hours, RCFP attorneys filed in federal court seeking records on the government’s justification for the raid.
The Reporters Committee regularly submits amicus, or “friend-of-the-court,” briefs in state, federal, and U.S. Supreme Court cases where the news media brings an important perspective. Known for ...
The government cannot justify wholesale secrecy here, where the public’s ability to understand a search with serious ...
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