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The Reporters Committee filed an amicus brief in Doe v. Does, a mostly-sealed defamation case in the Northern District of Illinois.…

The First Amendment Handbook provides a basic primer on the laws affecting reporters’ rights to gather and disseminate news.

Anonymous v. Anonymous reportedly involves legal action to compel a journalist to reveal a confidential source Editor's Note: The judge…

In 2010, the Federal Bureau of Investigation seized the content of then-Fox News reporter James Rosen's personal emails using a…

Media organizations are calling for transparency around a settlement agreement reached following an alleged police-involved shooting in Louisiana. In 2014,…

The Reporters Committee, The Brechner Center for Freedom of Information, and 32 media organizations filed an amici brief in support of The Advocate and…

The trial of Jason Van Dyke, the former Chicago police officer convicted in the 2014 fatal shooting of 17-year-old Laquan…

The Reporters Committee and 21 media organizations filed an amicus brief in support of Defendants-Appellees after the National Rifle Association…

The Reporters Committee wrote a letter to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in support of an…

Urging the Ohio Supreme Court to recognize that bills of particulars function as supplements to public indictments and are subject…