State statute determines if it’s the location of the record or the content of the record that most controls whether a document is a public record.
Neither possession of a document or expenditure of public funds in creating the document necessarily renders a record a public document. This video discusses the issue of government emails on private computers, public emails on private computers, and private emails on government computers.
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Dan Zimmerman
Phelps
- Staff attorney in the New Orleans office of Phelps Dunbar LLP
- Has litigated numerous public records and government access cases on behalf of news media clients
- Representing a New Orleans television station, he obtained a ruling that required the city of New Orleans to produce the electronic calendar and emails of then Mayor C. Ray Nagin; prosecutors recently used entries in the calendar as evidence to convict Mr. Nagin on multiple charges of public bribery and corruption
- J.D. degree, cum laude, Tulane University Law School
- Can be contacted at 504-584-9365 or [email protected]
Mary Ellen Roy
Phelps
- Partner in the New Orleans office of Phelps Dunbar LLP
- Represents book and magazine publishers, television networks, television stations, newspapers, Internet companies, entertainers, record companies, movie studios, and TV and film production companies throughout the Gulf South in copyright, trademark, and First Amendment litigation
- Listed in Super Lawyers and The Best Lawyers in America
- On behalf of a national hip hop duo, won a copyright infringement lawsuit brought by a local musician and obtained award of attorneys’ fees
- J.D. degree, cum laude, Harvard Law School
- Can be contacted at 504-584-9254 or [email protected]
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