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2024 Sunshine Laws Training CLEs
Ohio Attorney General's Office
Access to Public Records in Ohio
Digital Media Law Project - Harvard's Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society
Courtrecord.net
Provides public records searching and contact information for courts, and law enforcement all over the country.
First Amendment Bright Line in the Digital Age
Courthouse News Service 7/9/20 Argues reporters should have access to e-filings as soon as they are filed, rather than when the court accepts them.
Governmentattic.org
Federal government documents obtained through Freedom of Information Act requests.
How to Delete Your Information From People-Search Sites Intelius, Pipl, Whitepages, and similar companies reveal everything from criminal records to relatives' names
Consumer Reports, updated 7/14/21
Muckrock : Ohio Public Records Law
Lawsuits: Group deciding how to distribute millions in Ohio opioid settlement money violated open-meetings, public-records law
Ohio Capital Journal 8/10/22
New Public Access to Court Records
Regulatory Review 2/22
Ohio Sunshine Manual: An Open Government Resource Manual
2024 Ohio Attorney General's Office
People Search Data Brokers, Stalking, and ‘Publicly Available Information’ Carve-Outs
Lawfare 10/30/23
Propertysearch.net
Public Records Resources Online How to Find Everything There Is to Know About "Mr./Ms. X"
From the Dept. of Justice Library, discovered as a Public Records Request.
The Purgatory of Digital Punishment It doesn’t matter whether they’re accurate—criminal records are all over the internet, where anyone can find them. And everyone does.
Slate 6/24/20
Robot lawyer startup DoNotPay now lets you file FOIA requests
Also helps you file state and local public records requests

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Susanna Marlowe

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Franklin County Law Library Reference Librarian

614-525-4971