January 2024

Virginia Media Win Access to Report on School Shooting

By David B. Lacy and Harley J. McClellan

PUBLISHED IN: MediaLawLetter January 2024

TOPICS : Access / FOIA, Government Records

The Circuit Court held that the Virginia Freedom of Information Act required disclosure of a school board’s investigation report into a graduation shooting even though a law firm conducted the investigation and prepared the report.

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