Matthew T. McLaughlin, a partner at Venable, discusses two recent New York State court decisions which touch on the deliberative process privilege while also looking at a series of federal court ...

Agencies often cite the privilege when denying records requests, but RCFP's Gunita Singh offers journalists tips to avoid rejection. This is Part 2 of a two-part series on FOIA’s deliberative process ...

That’s pretty much what a district court judge told the Reno Gazette-Journal when he turned down the newspaper’s public records request for Gov. Jim Gibbons’ e-mails. Judge James Russell said only six ...

This article provides a discussion of Justice Amy Coney Barrett's recently-authored opinion in 'Fish and Wildlife Service v. Sierra Club', in which the Supreme Court has construed a key privilege in ...

A privilege that protects the candid exchange of opinion among government decisionmakers is limited and must be examined on a case-by-case basis, the Alaska Supreme Court ruled Aug. 15. Aug. 19, 2003 ...

Last month's column dealt with the philosophy behind open meetings laws and why public officials should conduct the public's business in public, not in private. Open meetings laws like the federal ...

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Notwithstanding the Freedom of Information Act’s primary goal of promoting transparency in government decision-making, the Supreme Court on Thursday ruled by a 7-to-2 vote that the public policy of ...

Earlier this month, Gov. Bill Lee's administration denied access to documents recommendations made by 22 state agencies on how to improve service in Tennessee's rural areas. The administration denied ...

The Indian Journal of Political Science, Vol. 72, No. 1 (Jan - March, 2011), pp. 67-86 (20 pages) The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate some of the shortcomings and pit falls of traditional ...