This guide explains the legal risks associated with receiving or publishing material that was illegally obtained by a third party.

Conditioning pool access to White House events on the editorial decisions of any news organization violates First Amendment ...

RCFP attorneys are representing the journalist in her effort to access records related to the 76ers’ now-abandoned plans to ...

"The White House obviously does not have a legitimate basis for barring Associated Press reporters from events yesterday and ...

In a letter to the New Mexico House of Representatives Consumer & Public Affairs Committee, the Reporters Committee expressed ...

Briggs is one of five RCFP attorneys who provides pro bono legal support to local journalists and newsrooms as part of the ...

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

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 ...

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From the Spring 2009 issue of The News Media & The Law, page 20. In a decision that profoundly strengthens… From the Spring 2009 issue of The News Media & The Law, page 20. In a decision that ...

From the Summer 2011 issue of The News Media & The Law, page 18. There are two broad types of… From the Summer 2011 issue of The News Media & The Law, page 18. There are two broad types of laws that ...

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, ...