The Clinic represented an amicus coalition that included the Citizen Media Law Project and a number of media and advocacy organizations, including Gannett Co., Inc., Hearst Corporation,Illinois Press Association, Online News Association, Public Citizen, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, and Tribune Company, in asking an Illinois appellate court to protect the rights of anonymous speakers online by imposing procedural safeguards before requiring that their identities be disclosed. In their brief, the amici urged the appellate court to join the growing consensus among courts nationwide by holding that a party must demonstrate that its underlying claim has merit before the court will require the disclosure of an anonymous online speaker’s identity.
Cyberlaw Clinic
Pro bono legal services to clients at the intersection of technology and social justice
Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcome. Content is for informational purposes and is not legal advice. Use of the site is not an invitation to enter into and does not create an attorney-client relationship. Do not convey information you regard as confidential unless a formal attorney-client relationship is established. Information received prior to establishment of such relationship will not be confidential.