January 2017

Federal Court Finds For-Profit Safety Blog Qualifies As “News Media” Under FOIA

MLRC MediaLawLetter
Cynthia A. Gierhart

The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled last month that a blogger for a for-profit consumer safety company qualified for a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) fee waiver as a "representative of the news media."

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