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Open Records
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PA Right to Know Law Blog
Pennsylvania Supreme Court: Open Records Officer’s Delegation of Search For Responsive Records Deemed Bad Faith; Attorneys’ Fees Awarded
This synopsis was prepared by Pennsylvania attorney Catherine Olanich Raymond. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court held in Uniontown Newspapers, Inc. v. Pa. Dep't of Corrections, 2020 Pa. LEXIS 6488 (Dec. 22, 2020), that…
PA Right to Know Law Blog
School Board Must Disclose Text Messages Among Members at Meeting
A recent decision by the Office of Open Records is notable for requiring disclosure of text messages among school board members sent during a school board meeting. In Hassler v.…
Environmental Law Blog
OPRA and Dangerous Animals
A Department of Environmental Protection proposed regulation in the December 17, 2018 New Jersey Register, 50 N.J.R. 2480(a), will limit the public’s ability to learn the location of birds and…
New Jersey Public Safety Officers Law Blog
Judge Orders the Release of Body Camera Footage Citing an Exception to NJ Supreme Court Decision
Superior Court Judge Mary Jacobson most recently ruled that body camera footage can be released under the State's Open Public Records Act and ordered Burlington County to release a partial police body camera…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Illinois Court Rules That College Foundation Documents Subject to FOIA
On May 9, 2017, the Illinois Appellate Court held that the College of DuPage Foundation (Foundation), a fundraising organization for the public College of DuPage (College), is subject to the…
Capital Thinking
State Attorneys General March 27 Update
By Clark Ervin
Squire Patton Boggs’ State Attorneys General Practice Group is comprised of lawyers who have served at senior levels in state AG offices around the country and whose practices focus, to…
Surf and Turf Law
Hawaii Supreme Court: Open Records Law Mandates Attorneys Fee Awards
Our partner, and fellow blogger, Robert Thomas highlights our recent success at the Hawaii Supreme Court in the case of Oahu Publications, Inc. v. Abercrombie. The case is a little…
inversecondemnation.com
HAWSCT To Consider Appellate Fees In Open Record Case
Hawaii, like many other jurisdictions, has an open records law. Here, we call it "UIPA" ("yoo-pah" or "wee-pah") becuase the statute is the Uniform Information Practices Act, and not "FOIA"…
Nashville Criminal Law Report
A Fair Trial Verses Open Records
By Rob McKinney
A battle is being fought in the Vanderbilt football players rape trial. However , the battle is not between the accused verses the government. It is The Tennessean verses Metro…
inversecondemnation.com
HAWICA: Attorneys Fee Award In JSC List Case Was Reasonable
Remember the case from late last year in which the Honolulu Star-Advertiser brought a freedom of information/open records lawsuit against the Hawaii governor to force him to disclose the names…