News
MFIA Wins Victory in Crime Lab’s Software Case
Three weeks ago, Yale Law School’s Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic (MFIA) filed a motion on behalf of the news organization ProPublica in the Southern District of New York. Earlier this week, Judge Valerie Caproni issued that the source code for analyzing DNA samples would be released.
MFIA Clinic Seeks to Unseal Source Code of Forensic Statistical Tool
The Media Freedom & Information Access Clinic filed a motion on behalf of news organization ProPublica seeking to unseal the source code of the Forensic Statistical Tool.
MFIA/CRIT Lawsuit Prompts Expedited Release of Information from FDA
In response to a lawsuit filed by Yale Law School’s MFIA Clinic MFIA and supported by CRIT, the FDA granted expedited processing to a FOIA request for information concerning one of the most controversial drug approvals in FDA history and the contested clinical trials supporting it.
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 Clinic Files Lawsuit in Five Eyes Alliance Case
Yale Law School’s Media Freedom & Information Access Clinic and Privacy International have filed a lawsuit seeking access to the text of a 1946 intelligence-sharing agreement under the Freedom of Information Act.
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).
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...
MFIA Clinic Convenes Panel To Discuss Conflicts of Interest In New Administration
On January 10, 2017, approximately 40 journalists and media lawyers attended a free-form discussion with legal experts on the federal conflict of interest laws and the incoming Trump Administration