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

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On the passing of former NFOIC board president Mal Leary
May 26, 2023
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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

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Case Disclosed

Data Gathering and the Right to Petition

January 2, 2019

As of the time of writing, the California Spotted Owl, Tricolored Bat, Narrow-foot Hygrotus Diving Beetle, and close to 150 other animal species are awaiting official determinations by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as to whether they qualify as endangered.

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The First Challenge To FOSTA Was Dismissed — Along With The First Amendment’s Unique Standing Doctrine

December 27, 2018
By Anna Windemuth '20

A few months ago, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) sued the government on First and Fifth Amendment grounds for enacting the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act.

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Are Unpublished Opinions Inconsistent with the Right of Access?

November 19, 2018
By Katrin Marquez

By the end of their first week in law school, law students have all learned at least one thing: the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (“FRCP”) are very important.

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Twenty-First Century First Amendment: Public Forums in the Digital Age

October 29, 2018
By Isabel Farhi '19

In 2017, the Supreme Court recognized in Packingham v. North Carolina that “[w]hile in the past there may have been difficulty in identifying the most important places (in a spatial sense) for the exchange of views, today the answer is clear. It is cyberspace . . . and social media in particular.”

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