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Media coalition supports journalist's challenge to prior restraint

In a letter to a Denver judge, an RCFP-led coalition argues that ordering a journalist to return lawfully obtained records violates the First Amendment.

Reporters Committee Local Legal Initiative expands to Indiana

Allegheny County never performed autopsy on deceased inmate

Brittany Hailer, represented by RCFP attorneys, fought for years to obtain autopsy records of an inmate who died in 2020. It turns out they never existed.

Helping newsrooms access settlement agreements is a priority for the Pennsylvania Local Legal Initiative

PA appeals court orders county to disclose inmate autopsy records

RCFP attorneys represented journalist Brittany Hailer in her two-and-a-half year fight to access records concerning the death of a man in custody.