[WEBINAR] Exploring the CPRA’s Investigatory Privilege
[WEBINAR] Social Media Meets the First Amendment
[WEBINAR] The Public Records Act - Taming the Email Tiger
Substitute Senate Bill 284, which has been delivered to Governor DeWine for signature, contains an amendment to the Public Records Act that will be of interest to police agencies in Ohio. As currently written, the Act...more
The California Supreme Court recently issued an opinion that analyzes the public disclosure of police body camera footage and demonstrates the overlap between e-Discovery processes and other records production schemes. The...more
While the California Legislature included investigatory privilege as an exemption within the California Public Records Act, there are exceptions to this exemption. In this Best Best & Krieger LLP webinar, attorneys Christine...more
Part 2: New CPRA Laws for 2020 - While an expansive array of records can be sought via a California Public Records Act request, the right to inspect public records is not without limits. The CPRA does not give unlimited...more
Part 1: New CPRA Laws for 2020 - While an expansive array of records can be sought via a California Public Records Act request, the right to inspect public records is not without limits. The CPRA does not give unlimited...more
A trial court has issued a conflicting decision on a controversial new California law that makes some police records publicly available. Public agencies, though, should continue to follow the ruling made previously by an...more
The Florida Public Records Act requires state and local government entities and agencies to make their records available to the public. But the Act also has many implications for private entities that transact business with...more
The Open Record Officers’ Guide to the Pennsylvania RTKL - Types of Records - Section 3 of Act 22 of 2017, 42 Pa.C.S. §§ 67A01-67A09, removed audio and video recordings made by law enforcement agencies from access under...more
It’s no secret: Public agencies are inundated with files. A rise in digital records coupled with the use of personal devices, email accounts and diverse communication channels has lead electronic records to become...more
The California Supreme Court recently held in City of San Jose v. Superior Court, California Supreme Court Case No. S218066, that public employees' digital messages existing in private electronic devices (e.g., smartphones...more
The California Supreme Court has finally decided a question that has, for years, vexed courts, public officials, the media and citizen watchdogs: Are electronic communications — emails, voicemails and texts — on private...more
On March 2, 2017, the California Supreme Court ruled in City of San Jose v. Superior Court that where a public employee uses a personal email account or texts to communicate about the conduct of public business, those...more
Recent amendments to Florida's Public Records Act both clarify and alter a contractor's responsibilities under the Act. The 2016 amendment to the Act applies to contracts with a public agency entered into or amended on or...more
The California Government Code has been amended to require additional public disclosure about investments by state or local California public pension plans (the “California Plans”). The amendment, which is the most...more
In The Times News Publishing Co. v. The Alamance-Burlington Bd. of Education, No. COA15-99 (July 21, 2015), the Court of Appeals considered the intersection between the State's Open Meetings Laws (N.C.G.S. 143-318.9, et seq.)...more
Data collected by automated license plate readers is exempt from disclosure under the Public Records Act, a California appellate court held this week. ALPRs scan license plates visible from their position and automatically...more
Court of Appeal Says Privilege Removed Under PRA By Inadvertent Disclosure of Privileged Documents - If a privileged document is accidentally released to the public during compliance with a Public Records Act request,...more
Private equity and venture capital funds like public pension fund money but they don’t necessarily like the consequences of having the government as an investor. As noted in this post, this was illustrated by Superior Court...more