“People in an open society do not demand infallibility from their institutions, but it is difficult for them to accept what they are prohibited from observing.”
—Richmond Newspapers, Inc. v. Virginia, 448 U.S. 555, 572 (1980)
In 1980 the U.S. Supreme Court held that the First Amendment implicitly conveys an affirmative, enforceable right of public access to certain government proceedings and information. MFIA regularly litigates for clients seeking to enforce their First Amendment access rights and pursues impact litigation to establish the full scope of this right beyond access to judicial proceedings and records.
Our current cases include:
ASPPRO1
MFIA is representing the Asociación de Periodistas de Puerto Rico (the Puerto Rico Journalists Association, or “ASPPRO”) to seek review of a high-profile case that has caused public outrage in Puerto Rico for several months.
For a list of previous matters, please see the MFIA Archive.