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Date	Title	News Outlet
02/04/2025	Understanding first amendment protections for public comment periods	Spectrum News
02/01/2025	CWRU First Amendment clinic receives crucial grant from the Stanton Foundation	Crain's Cleveland Business
12/09/2024	Part I: How did AU spend its $16.9 million in ARPA money?	Ashland Source
09/02/2024	Do you have a 1st Amendment right to tape virtual court hearings? US appeals court ducks question	Reuters
05/28/2024	Cleveland-Cliffs’ efforts to unmask anonymous message board critic ‘trivializes’ First Amendment, judge finds	Cleveland Plain Dealer
05/20/2024	Newspaper editor says independent journalism riskier today	Cleveland Jewish News
04/25/2024	Akron prosecutors made moves to silence a Signal Akron reporter in body slam case	Signal Akron
03/15/2024	FIRE to present free speech, social media on campus talk	Cleveland Jewish News
03/07/2024	Case’s First Amendment Clinic joins fight over anonymous Yahoo comments critical of Cleveland-Cliffs	Cleveland Plain Dealer
02/13/2024	NewsNation journalist gets $80K settlement over 2023 arrest	The Morning Journal
02/07/2024	Reporter accepts $80,000 to settle lawsuit over arrest at DeWine derailment news conference	WFMJ
01/31/2024	NewsNation reporter arrested during East Palestine press conference settles lawsuit with city, county	Cleveland Plain Dealer
01/25/2024	Cleveland-Cliffs wants to unmask anonymous critic; legal expert says that raises First Amendment concerns	Cleveland Plain Dealer
01/23/2024	SPJ co-authors legal brief supporting First Amendment right to record and publish livestreamed court hearings	Society for Professional Journalists
01/23/2024	Cleveland City Council, accused of restricting free speech, reforms public comment rules	Cleveland Plain Dealer
01/23/2024	Cleveland City Council Cuts Meeting Short as Protestors Once Again Call for Gaza Ceasefire Resolution	Cleveland Scene
01/23/2024	Council president shields council member’s identity after misconduct investigation	Cleveland Plain Dealer
01/23/2024	Cleveland City Council amends public comment rules amid lawsuit	Ideastream
01/23/2024	SPJ co-authors legal brief supporting First Amendment right to record and publish livestreamed court hearings	Society for Professional Journalists
01/23/2024	Cleveland City Council amends public comment rules as lawsuit lingers	Axios
01/19/2024	How a TikTok ban impacts free speech	Spectrum News
01/16/2024	Journalists Back Challenge To Mich. Court Recording Ban	Law360
01/16/2024	Journalists Back Challenge To Mich. Court Recording Ban	Law360
01/13/2024	Public comment period proceeds smoothly after judge blocks some Cleveland City Council rules	Sound of Ideas, ideastream
01/12/2024	Cleveland City Council Agrees to Court Order Prohibiting It From Enforcing Most Public Comment Rules	Cleveland Scene
01/12/2024	Many Cleveland City Council public comment rules on hold as lawsuit goes forward	Signal Cleveland
01/10/2024	$5 million from Stanton Foundation to expand reach of CWRU’s Dr. Frank Stanton First Amendment Clinic	Candid
12/08/2023	Clevelander Files Federal Lawsuit Against City Council Alleging Public Comment Policies Are Unconstitutional	Cleveland Scene
12/08/2023	Cleveland resident whose microphone was cut during public comment sues City Council	Ideastream
12/07/2023	Public commenter sues Cleveland City Council for cutting his microphone	Signal Cleveland
12/07/2023	Man cut off at Cleveland City Council’s microphone files First Amendment lawsuit against council, President Blaine Griffin	Cleveland Plain Dealer
11/26/2023	Palestinian community, supporters return to Cleveland City Council for fifth consecutive meeting	Spectrum News
11/26/2023	Cleveland City Council considers tightening public comment rules	Axios
11/17/2023	Cleveland City Council’s proposed changes to public comment policy ignite debate over free speech	Cleveland Plain Dealer
11/16/2023	Changes likely coming to Cleveland City Council's public comment portion of meetings, but critics have concerns	WKYC, NBC Cleveland
11/15/2023	Reporter arrested during East Palestine train derailment press conference files lawsuit	WOIO, CBS affiliate
11/15/2023	Cleveland City Council Considering Limiting Public Comment to Topics Currently Under Consideration by the Body	Cleveland Scene
11/03/2023	Cleveland City Council Admits Its Public Comment Rules Are Unconstitutional	Cleveland Scene
11/01/2023	Cleveland City Council mulls rule changes after protests interrupt council meeting	WKSU, ideastream
10/13/2023	CWRU First Amendment Law Clinic is representing council commenter	Axios
09/28/2023	Cleveland City Council's public comment policy under fire after cutting resident microphones	WCPN
09/27/2023	Public commenters silenced at Cleveland City Council meeting on questionable grounds	Axios
09/27/2023	Public commenters silenced at Cleveland City Council meeting on questionable grounds	MSN
09/19/2023	Let's Get Personal with Sara Coulter, First Amendment Fellow at Case Western Reserve University School of Law	Personal Jurisdiction
06/08/2023	Court OKs dismissal of police chief, Beachwood's anonymous emails case	Cleveland Jewish News