Of FOIA & Free Access

It’s a point of no contention to folks here at LAMP that court documents are and should be legally required to be in the public domain. But public domain currently means paying 8 cents a page to read docs on PACER — the federal judiciary’s Public Access to Court Electronic Records database. This law student [...]

A reminder

Some of you may remember that a few weeks ago, Judge Jeffrey White (N.D. Cal) ordered the government to release additional records about telecommunications industry lobbying in the lead-up to the enactment of the immunity laws releasing them from liability for facilitating the NSA’s warrantless wiretapping program. Judge White’s deadline for the release of those [...]