Constitutional Law
Mar. 8, 2017
Ruling ends ability to keep communications from public
The state high court has effectively ended the ability of public agencies to keep from the public communications about the public's business by using personal email accounts.
Duffy Carolan
Partner
Jassy Vick Carolan LLP
601 Montgomery St Ste 850
San Francisco , CA 94111-2665
Phone: (415) 539-3399
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Email: dcarolan@jassyvick.com
U of San Francisco School of Law
Duffy regularly litigates access to public records under the FOIA and state counterpart as part of her media law practice.
FIRST & FOREMOST
Last week, the California Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision authored by Associate Justice Carol A. Corrigan, issued a much anticipated opinion holding that emails sent to or from personal email accounts of public employees that relate to the public's business are subject to disclosure under the state's Public Records Act. The decision in City of San Jose v. Superior Court
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