RCFP attorneys represented WBIR anchor John Becker in his lawsuit against the university seeking records related to a federal ...

Anti-SLAPP laws provide defendants a way to quickly dismiss meritless lawsuits — known as SLAPPs or strategic lawsuits against public participation — filed against them for exercising speech, press, ...

A media coalition led by RCFP is supporting ProPublica’s lawsuit against the Navy over its refusal to provide access to ...

From the Fall 2004 issue of The News Media & The Law, page 21. From the Fall 2004 issue of The News Media & The Law, page 21. Satire, caricature and parody are forms of art that rely on blurring the ...

Gabe Rottman is the Reporters Committee's vice president of policy, leading the organization's work to advance key policy priorities like the PRESS Act and the Department of Justice news media ...

On the final day of its term, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected an attempt to carve out another category of speech from First Amendment protection, striking down a California restriction on the sale or ...

The fair report privilege may not be the best legal approach in defending journalists from defamation suits. From the Summer… The fair report privilege may not be the best legal approach in defending ...

The Reporter’s Recording Guide provides a summary of the recording laws (which restrict the recording and dissemination of phone calls and in-person conversations) and hidden camera laws (which ...

Media coalitions represented by RCFP attorneys have now successfully challenged police “buffer zone” laws in Louisiana and Indiana.

The Rolling Stone article. As controversy swirled around Rolling Stone in the wake of its story about rape at the… ...

From the Spring 2011 issue of The News Media & The Law, page 17. A federal court in New York… From the Spring 2011 issue of The News Media & The Law, page 17. A federal court in New York City ruled in ...

The Local Legal Initiative provides local news organizations with the direct legal services they need to pursue enterprise and investigative stories in their communities. Reporters Committee attorneys ...