MFIA Wins Appeal Seeking Access to Sealed Records
by Perry Fetterman | July 26, 2010 | Uncategorized | No Comments
Yale Law School’s Media Freedom and Information Access (MFIA) Practicum scored another victory when a New York state appellate court ruled unanimously that documents in a civil lawsuit alleging corporate corruption were improperly sealed, and clarified the scope of the constitutional access right in the New York courts. Congratulations to Patrick Kabat and the MFIA team for this important win.
For more information, please see the following press release: http://www.law.yale.edu/news/12077.htm
MFIA, an initiative of the Yale Information Society Project and the Knight Law & Media Program at Yale Law School, was founded by Yale Law School students to defend the public’s right of access to government information and to support traditional and emerging forms of newsgathering. Through MFIA, Yale Law students work under the supervision of veteran media attorneys who volunteer their time pro bono on cases where private actors lack the resources to prosecute the public’s access rights. More information about MFIA follows:
- About MFIA – http://www.law.yale.edu/intellectuallife/11200.htm
- MFIA Files Amicus Urging Protection of Anonymous Online Critic – http://www.law.yale.edu/intellectuallife/11453.htm
- MFIA Files Appellate Brief on behalf of Journalist Denied Access to Court Records – http://www.law.yale.edu/intellectuallife/11466.htm
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