For immediate release: July 10, 2014 Tasha Moro Communications Coordinator communications@nlg.org 212-679-5100, ext 15 NLG Resources Inform Revelations of NSA and FBI Monitoring of Muslim-Americans Lawyers Group Demands Action from White House NEW YORK — The National Lawyers Guild (NLG) joins 45 organizations in calling on President Obama for “a full public accounting of practices” […]
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Risen Case Leads Organizations to Push for a Shield Law that Wouldn’t Protect Risen
By Carey Shenkman, First Amendment Attorney After a recent setback where the Supreme Court refused to intervene to prevent the DOJ from forcing New York Times reporter James Risen from testifying against a source, several First Amendment groups are calling for Congress to rush to pass a law to make sure he and future reporters aren’t […]
NLG Releases Report on Government Spying on Legal Profession, Launches FBI FOIA Project
For immediate release: April 24, 2014 Tasha Moro Communications Coordinator communications@nlg.org 212-679-5100, ext. 15 NEW YORK — A new report by the National Lawyers Guild (NLG), Breach of Privilege: Spying on Lawyers in the United States, brings to light the government’s long history of covert surveillance of attorneys and their activist clients. The release also […]
