To our knowledge, it's unprecedented for the Justice Department to deploy the federal laws it has previously cited in this case against journalistic activity.” ...

RCFP attorneys co-represented The Intercept and The Center for Investigative Reporting in a successful effort to make the records public.

A Pennsylvania judge has ordered state police to release body-worn camera footage capturing a car chase that ended in a fatal ...

A Tennessee judge has ordered the state to provide journalists expanded access to execution proceedings, finding that its restrictions on news media witnesses likely violated state law and the First ...

Represented by an RCFP attorney, Oklahoma Watch sued the state last year for records related to the resignation of a senior education official.

The legislation would allow courts to quickly weed out meritless lawsuits intended to chill speech about matters of public interest.

These sweeping seizures of a journalist’s records violate the First Amendment, Fourth Amendment, and the Privacy Protection Act.

Background: In July 2025, Oklahoma Voice reporter Barbara Hoberock filed an open records request seeking the Oklahoma ...

The Reporters Committee regularly submits amicus, or “friend-of-the-court,” briefs in state, federal, and U.S. Supreme Court cases where the news media brings an important perspective. Known for ...

In a hunt for the source of a grand jury leak, lawyers for a Pennsylvania casino owner have demanded that 15 reporters, including several from The Philadelphia Inquirer and The Associated Press, turn ...

Represented by RCFP attorneys, the news outlet alleges that the Federal Bureau of Prisons violated FOIA by unlawfully withholding records.