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As The Leaves Are Changing - What Has (and Has Not) Changed with the FOIA?

As the summer (and your vacation) becomes a distant memory, and the days get shorter and colder, I’ll bet you have had passing thoughts about changes to Connecticut’s Freedom of Information Act’s (“FOIA”), especially in light...more

EDRM - Electronic Discovery Reference Model

Maryland’s “Sunshine Law”: Cooperation, Searches, Metadata, and Costs (Part I)

While this blog generally deals with civil discovery, “sunshine laws” that require disclosure of public records by government agencies raise many parallel, and many different, concerns.  Maryland’s analog to the federal...more

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Another SB 1421 Decision Against Law Enforcement Agencies

Police Records Must Be Disclosed Even if Created or Officer Employed By Different Agency, California Appellate Court Says - The California Attorney General and Department of Justice must disclose all police misconduct...more

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SB 1421 Challenged in Courts, But Most California Public Agencies Must Still Produce Peace Officer Records - Police Unions Obtain...

Senate Bill 1421, which dramatically changed the scope of a public peace officer record, has generated a number of legal challenges since it went into effect on Jan. 1....more

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Divided New York Court of Appeals Restricts Freedom of Information Law Disclosures

A divided New York Court of Appeals recently held that Civil Rights Law § 50-a bars disclosure of police officer personnel records except under very limited circumstances, eliminating access to such records by the press or...more

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Public University Required To Disclose Sexual Assault Disciplinary Records

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Recently the North Carolina Court of Appeals issued a controversial, but unanimous decision requiring the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ("UNC-CH") to release its students' sexual assault disciplinary records. ...more

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Massachusetts Legislature Advances Bill to Impose Caps on Drug Prices

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The Joint Committee on Health Care Financing of the Massachusetts legislature took up Bill S. 1048, an "Act to promote transparency and cost control of pharmaceutical drug prices," on Sept. 14, 2015. The bill initially was...more

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BB&K Police Bulletin: Officers Named in Shootings

State Supreme Court Rules that Police Agencies Must Disclose Names of Officers Involved in Shootings Under the California Public Records Act - Overview: The California Supreme Court just ruled that the names of police...more

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Court Rules Private Fund Data Is Not A Public Record

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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

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Public Record Requests—New Scope of Confidentiality and Disclosure Requirements Under Nevada's Public Records Act

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In a recent en banc opinion affecting all Nevada public entities, the Nevada Supreme Court addressed the scope of confidentiality under Nevada’s Public Records Act, NRS 286.110(3)(“the Act”)....more

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Pennsylvania Office of Open Records Blasts Charter Schools

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Charter school managers and officials should be aware that the Executive Director of Pennsylvania’s Office of Open Records has recently made public statements criticizing charter schools that take the position that they...more

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BB&K Police Chief Bulletin: Public Records - Public Records Act May Require Disclosure of Content Stored on Personal Devices of...

Overview: A Santa Clara County Superior Court judge recently ruled that the California Public Records Act (PRA) required government agencies to disclose communications relayed through the privately-owned personal devices of...more

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