About this blog

Case Disclosed is a blog written by students, supervising attorneys, directors, alumni, and friends of the Media Freedom & Information Access Clinic.

The views expressed on this blog belong to the author(s) and do not represent the views of Yale Law School or the Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic (MFIA).

National Freedom of Information Coalition

On the passing of former NFOIC board president Mal Leary
May 26, 2023
NFOIC Board elects Jeff Roberts of Colorado to presidency
March 1, 2023
NFOIC 2023 Freedom of Information Research Competition Call
February 27, 2023
NFOIC signs on to a legal brief challenging fee waiver denials
December 5, 2022

View more

Tags

Public Forums
FOIA
Open Records
Administrative Law
Right to Petition
Newsgathering
Technology
Internet Intermediaries
Free Expression
Constitutional Access
International Law
reporter's privilege
First Amendment Right of Access
Government Transparency
National Security
Information Fiduciaries
Open Data
Censorship
Free Speech
Secrecy
Online Speech
transparency
MFIA Docket
Privacy and Surveillance
Fourth Estate
Social Media
Free Press
Government Accountability
Internet Infrastructure
Mass Surveillance
Law Enforcement
CRIT
Net Neutrality
First Amendment

Case Disclosed

A Possible Alternative to Secretive DNA Analysis

November 27, 2017
By Aislinn Klos

In October, MFIA worked with ProPublica to lift a protective order on the source code for the New York City Office of the Chief Medical Examiner’s (OCME) “Forensic Statistical Tool” (FST).

Read more

When Silence Isn’t Golden: How Gag Orders Can Evade First Amendment Protections

October 24, 2017
By Isabel Farhi

Trials must be conducted at law, rather than in the press, and courts sometimes feel the need to assert control of the outflow of information around judicial matters to preserve the fair trial rights of litigants.

Read more