VICTORY: FIRE lawsuit leads California to halt law penalizing reporters, advocates, and victims who discuss publicly known information about sealed arrest records
December 19, 2024
December 19, 2024
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Dec. 19 -- The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression issued the following news release:
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 19, 2024 A federal court, acting on a stipulation agreed to by the California attorney general and San Francisco city attorney, today halted enforcement of a California law that officials deployed to suppress journalism about a controversial tech CEO's sealed arrest records.
Under the law, any person including journalists, ad . . .
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 19, 2024 A federal court, acting on a stipulation agreed to by the California attorney general and San Francisco city attorney, today halted enforcement of a California law that officials deployed to suppress journalism about a controversial tech CEO's sealed arrest records.
Under the law, any person including journalists, ad . . .