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TASK FORCE ON FREE EXPRESSION
IN THE DIGITAL AGE
From Body Cam Footage to Sealed Court Records:
Rethinking Access Law in a Digital Age
Date: Monday, January 27, 2020
Roundtable Panel (Non-CLE) Event: 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. | Gibson, Second Floor
Moderator: Lynn Oberlander, Senior Vice President and Associate General Counsel, Univision
Panelists: Saul Shapiro, Partner, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP; Ernest Hart, Deputy Commissioner of Legal Matters, NYPD; Hon. Paul McDonnell, Criminal Court Judge; Rachel Strom, Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP; Al-Amyn Sumar, Legal Department, The New York Times Company and Ballard Spahr LLP; Omar Mohammedi, Partner, Law Firm of Omar T. Mohammedi
About the Task Force: The NYSBA Task Force on Free Expression in the Digital Age is looking at possible reforms in the state Freedom of Information Law and the legal rules that determine the rights of journalists and other citizens to get access to court records. This session is one in a continuing series of forums that the task force is hosting as part of a project investigating the crisis in local journalism and what the law and lawyers can do to help assure that citizens have access to the vital information they need.
Committee Co-Chairs: Cynthia Arato, Esq.; David E. McCraw, Esq.