Category: CalAware as Amicus Curiae

Court: Ambitious public records demand not “frivolous”

by Terry Francke, General Counsel | Jan 21, 2015 | Awareness Area: Government, CalAware as Amicus Curiae, Legal Issue: Public Information, News | 0 |

The California Court of Appeal for the First District has concluded that an attorney’s overly “aggressive” demands for public records, including a proposal to search officials’ private computers for documents dealing with city...

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Court: Lawsuit to Obtain Emails Not “Frivolous”

by Terry Francke, General Counsel | Jul 17, 2013 | Activities, Awareness Area: Politics, CalAware as Amicus Curiae, Current Litigation, Legal Issue: Public Information, News, Public Records/Information | 0 |

A veteran but financially struggling small-town newspaper publisher facing a trial court order to pay a school district more than $56,000 in attorney fees was spared that fate today by a three-judge panel of the Third District,...

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Sander v. State Bar

by Terry Francke, General Counsel | Mar 26, 2012 | Activities, CalAware as Amicus Curiae, Current Litigation | 0 |

BRIEF SUMMARY: Academic researcher denied access to Bar records of examination pass rates. MORE INFORMATION STATUS:

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Vargas v. City of Salinas

by Terry Francke, General Counsel | Mar 26, 2012 | Activities, CalAware as Amicus Curiae, Current Litigation | 0 |

BRIEF SUMMARY: Citizen watchdogs exposed to ruinous SLAPP fees for challenging city’s election spending. MORE INFORMATION STATUS:

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