Thursday, April 27, 2017
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.
Tuesday, April 25, 2017
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).
Monday, April 24, 2017
Free speech advocates oppose Idaho’s ag-gag law
Idaho Falls Post Register
The Floyd Abrams Institute for Freedom of Expression is among a number of groups who have signed amicus briefs in support of a challenge to the “ag-gag” laws in Idaho.
Thursday, April 20, 2017
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.
Tuesday, April 11, 2017
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.
Thursday, April 6, 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.
Friday, March 31, 2017
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.”
Monday, March 27, 2017
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.
Friday, March 24, 2017
Floyd Abrams ’59 Writes New Book on First Amendment
In The Soul of the First Amendment (Yale University Press; publication date April 25, 2017), Floyd Abrams '59 examines the degree to which American law protects free speech more often, more intensely, and more controversially than is the case anywhere else in the world.
Thursday, March 16, 2017
President Trump vs. The Press
Legal Talk Network/ Lawyer to Lawyer
Floyd Abrams Clinical Lecturer in Law and co-director of the Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic David Schulz ’78 took part in a discussion about Donald Trump and the media.