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RCFP urges Maryland lawmakers to pass anti-SLAPP bill

The legislation would allow courts to quickly weed out meritless lawsuits intended to chill speech about matters of public interest.
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Unsealed records shed light on Trump administration’s targeting of noncitizen students, faculty for protected speech

RCFP attorneys co-represented The Intercept and The Center for Investigative Reporting in a successful effort to make the records public.
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Oklahoma education agency settles public records dispute with Oklahoma Watch

Represented by an RCFP attorney, Oklahoma Watch sued the state last year for records related to the resignation of a senior education official.
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Pennsylvania State Police must release bodycam footage related to fatal shooting, judge rules

A Pennsylvania judge has ordered state police to release body-worn camera footage capturing a car chase that ended in a fatal ...
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Judge orders Tennessee to expand media access to executions

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 ...
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In the matter of the search of the real property and premises of Hannah Natanson

These sweeping seizures of a journalist’s records violate the First Amendment, Fourth Amendment, and the Privacy Protection Act.
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Oklahoma Voice v. Oklahoma State Department of Transportation

Background: In July 2025, Oklahoma Voice reporter Barbara Hoberock filed an open records request seeking the Oklahoma ...