Access right applies to post-investigation search warrants
Kristen Rasmussen Feature October 4, 2011The public has a right to view materials filed in support of search warrant applications once an investigation is over, a federal appeals court recently held,...
View ArticleEight year Howling Pig litigation ends in $425K settlement
Chris Healy Feature December 14, 2011Students doctored a photo of a professor for a satirical magazine. 12261 read more
View ArticleJudge denies request to unseal Bernie Fine search warrants
Kristen Rasmussen Feature December 22, 2011Affidavits for search warrants for the home, office, locker and safe deposit boxes of an ex-college basketball coach accused of sexual abuse will remain...
View ArticleAppeals court tightens public access to search warrants
Rob Tricchinelli News September 13, 2012A federal appellate court held last week that there is no First Amendment right for the media to access police and court documents filed in connection with...
View ArticleGoogle's latest transparency report shows government surveillance on the rise...
Lilly Chapa News November 19, 2012Paula Broadwell isn’t the only person whose Gmail messages were read by government officials – Google received almost 8,000 e-mail access requests from U.S. state and...
View ArticleJudiciary Committee approves "overdue" e-mail privacy bill
Lilly Chapa News December 3, 2012The Senate Judiciary Committee Friday unanimously approved a “very overdue” bill that would require law enforcement officials to get a warrant before accessing e-mail...
View ArticleJudge unseals records in Holmes case; hearing Wed. will determine if reporter...
Lilly Chapa News April 5, 2013The new judge presiding over the James Holmes trial unsealed the highly coveted search and arrest warrants in the case on Thursday, providing the media with new details...
View ArticleRiley v. Calif.; U.S. v. Wurie
March 10, 2014dwt-amicus-riley-wurie.pdfThe Reporters Committee joined an amicus brief in two cases before the U.S. Supreme Court examining the issue of warrantless searches of the cell phones of...
View ArticleUnited States v. Davis
November 17, 20142014-11-17-us-v-davis.pdfA panel of Eleventh Circuit judges held that the Fourth Amendment applies to requests for historical cell site location information. Prosecutors obtained over...
View ArticleUnited States v. Microsoft
January 18, 20182018-01-18-US-v-Microsoft.pdfThe Reporters Committee and 40 media organizations submitted an amici brief in support of Microsoft in a case before the U.S. Supreme Court addressing...
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....