Argument before federal appeals court panel examines whether public can see correspondence pertaining to donor-provided ‘staff’ to drive investigation of political opponents in aid of outside interests CLW readers are familiar with Schilling v. Speaker, the common law right of access lawsuit seeking records about the sordid affair of House Oversight Committee Chair Maloney and […]
“Mommy, where do state AG ‘theories of the case’ come from?”
It ain’t the stork. Following on this blockbuster revelation, the New York Attorney General abruptly changed course, having first helpfully waved a big flag that it was hiding something that must look very, very bad. This is the redacted (wait what?) June release of a Lee Wasserman/Rockefeller Family Fund (RFF) email to NYAG asking it […]
All the Climate Contracts We Cannot See
Add the District of Columbia to the jurisdictions that will not release contracts for filing ‘contingency fee’ climate lawsuits which— the public record provides more than ample reason to conclude— are already being privately financed. As GAO’s request makes clear in this instance, there’s not only no good reason for this but it runs contrary […]