Can libel litigation be a tool for addressing political disinformation? Join Floyd Abrams, Thomas Clare, Erin Murphy, John Langford, @LidskyLidsky & @LeeLevineDC to find out #AAC2021 cc Ballard Spahr LLP Clare Locke LLP Protect Democracy Mizzou Law Yale Law School craig newmark

🚨 Access & Accountability 2021 starts tomorrow at 9am EST. We're super excited for the panels and events we have lined up for you! #AAC2021 cc Yale Law School craig newmark The Information Society Project Check out the schedule and register: law.yale.edu/isp/initiative…

👋 Good morning! The 2021 Access and Accountability Conference kicks off in an hour with a welcome by Floyd Abrams followed by an exciting day of discussions. It's not too late to register! law.yale.edu/isp/initiative… Yale Law School craig newmark #AAC2021

Our first panel builds on our FOIA keynote with Margaret Kwoka, Adam A. Marshall, @tobymendel, Colleen Murphy & Michael Karanicolas! cc Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press Centre for Law and Democracy UCLA Institute for Technology, Law & Policy Yale Law School craig newmark

The day's second panel on "The Rights of the Press Clause" kicks off in 15 minutes, with the amazing emily bell, @adamgoldmanNYT, Mickey Osterreicher, Bruce Brown, Jane Kirtley & RonNell Andersen Jones! #AAC2021

Day of #AAC2021 starts at 9am ET with two "Collaboration Colloquies"! Josh Burday, Flavie Fuentes, Heather Murray, Susan E. Seager & Stephen Stich Match on local journalism. And Kathryn Foxhall Gregg Leslie Michael Linhorst & Frank LoMonte on government gag orders. See you there!

Up next at #AAC2021, an important discussion on teaching 1A in times of increasing skepticism about free speech. With Erwin Chemerinsky, Gautam Hans, Meenu Krishnan and moderated by Catherine Crump! cc Yale Law School craig newmark UC Berkeley Law Vanderbilt Law Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Today we petitioned SCOTUS on behalf of AsocPeriodistasPR to overturn a Puerto Rico Supreme Court decision that cut off public access to all judicial proceedings involving domestic violence in Puerto Rico. Read more: law.yale.edu/yls-today/news… cc Yale Law School craig newmark

The MFIA Clinic is petitioning the Supreme Court on behalf of journalists demanding the release of court proceedings in a case that has engulfed Puerto Rico in protest about justice for domestic violence victims.  law.yale.edu/yls-today/news…

In a blow to transparency today the Supreme Court declined to hear the petition we filed with Knight First Amendment Institute on behalf of the ACLU challenging the secrecy of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court's opinions. Read Knight First Amendment Institute's press release: knightcolumbia.org/content/suprem…

Please join us for a conversation this Friday: Who is "The Press", and Why Does it Matter? with @sonjarwest (UGA School of Law), Richard Tofel (Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health) and Floyd Abrams. 📅 Friday, March 18 2022, 12pm ET ✍️ Register: eventbrite.com/e/abrams-insti…

We secured a big victory for NPPA and Texas newsgatherers this Tuesday when a court struck down the state's anti-drone law! Read more about the case: law.yale.edu/yls-today/news… cc NPPA Public Justice Yale Law School craig newmark

🚨 ICYMI 🚨 Our Freedom of Expression Scholars Conference is this weekend! 📅 April 29 - 1, 2022 ✉️ DM to register Schedule: law.yale.edu/isp/initiative… Organized by Abrams Institute

Join us today at noon for a presentation by Jacob Mchangama: "On Free Speech: Has Europe Got it Right?" with comments by Floyd Abrams and moderated by Francesca Procaccini 12pm ET, Tuesday May 10 DM for zoom details cc Yale Law School Harvard Law School Justitia

Join us for our next Abrams Institute Conversation: "What does 'Freedom of Speech' really mean?" with Floyd Abrams, Robert Post, and Nadine Strossen Friday, January 20, 2023, 12pm ET Register: eventbrite.com/e/abrams-insti…

Today at noon ET! Our first Abrams Institute Conversation on the semester, with Robert Post, Floyd Abrams and Nadine Strossen: "What Does 'Freedom of Speech' Really Mean?" January 20, 2023 at 12pm ET, online Register: eventbrite.com/e/abrams-insti…

Join us for the next Abrams Institute conversation!

“Whether the Fox viewers will view Fox any less cordially… I rather doubt it.” Legendary First Amendment lawyer Floyd Abrams discusses the impact of the $787 million check Fox just cut to settle a record-breaking defamation lawsuit Abrams Institute.

Last week, we (+ Abrams Institute) welcomed a group of brilliant scholars for the 11th annual Freedom of Expression Scholars Conference! Pictured: our plenary session on “The Freedom of Speech Today” with Jack Balkin and Robert Post, moderated by Dr. Mary Anne Franks Yale Law School

Our Access and Accountability Conference is back! We have a brilliant line-up of journalists, litigators and scholars responding to this year's theme, "Algorithms, AI and First Amendment Rights" Join us on October 13 and 14 at Yale Law School Register: eventbrite.com/e/access-and-a…