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YLS and Wikimedia Foundation Create New Initiative on Intermediaries and Information
The Information Society Project (ISP) at Yale Law School and the Wikimedia Foundation have partnered to create The Wikimedia/Yale Law School Initiative on Intermediaries and Information (WII)
MFIA Clinic Launches New Initiative on Executive Branch Accountability
The Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic at Yale Law School has launched a Government Accountability Project that will develop strategies to shed light on potential conflicts of interest within the Executive Branch.
MFIA Wins Important Victory in Data Access Case
The MFIA Clinic at Yale Law School secured an important victory when the New York Supreme Court granted a petition seeking access to data about the telecommunications conduit infrastructure beneath the streets of New York City.
MFIA Clinic Proposes Changes to Sealing Rules
Media Freedom and Information Access (MFIA) Clinic at Yale Law School issued a report summarizing the results of its six-month investigation into the public availability of search warrant and electronic surveillance records in Connecticut’s federal courts.
MFIA Clinic, ACLU Sue LAPD Over Access to Public Documents
The ACLU Foundation of Southern California and Yale Law School’s Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic filed a lawsuit on April 25, 2017 against the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) alleging flagrant violations of the California Public Records Act (CPRA).
Tim Wu Discussed Book on Attention
On Tuesday, April 18, the Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy welcomed Professor Tim Wu of Columbia Law School for a discussion of his book, The Attention Merchants: The Epic Scramble to Get Inside Our Heads.
We Robot Conference Discusses Intersection of Tech and Law
On March 31 and April 1, Yale Law School hosted the the sixth annual robotics law and policy conference—WeRobot 2017.
Legal scholar speaks about why free speech matters
In Europe, Donald Trump could have been arrested for some of the comments he made about Muslims and Mexicans while campaigning for president, legal scholar Floyd Abrams LAW ’59 pointed out during a campus visit on April 5.
Laura DeNardis Speaks on Internet Governance
Dr. Laura DeNardis, Professor at the American University School of Communications, spoke on “Rethinking Internet Freedom in the Age of Cyber Control.”
MFIA Clinic Seeks to Unseal Records Relating to Former Trump Associate Felix H. Sater
On March 22, 2017, the Yale Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic (MFIA) on behalf of Forbes Media LLC (Forbes) and Forbes magazine’s Contributing Editor of Investigations Richard Behar, filed a motion in the Second Circuit to unseal records in a matter related to the criminal prosecution of Felix H. Sater. Sater is reported to be a former business associate of President Trump with connections to Russian oligarchs and organized crime, according to the motion. The documents Forbes and Behar seek should shed light on the nature of Sater’s reported connection to Russia and President Trump...