Litigation
The Institute defends the freedoms of speech and of the press through strategic litigation designed to have a meaningful impact on the law, on public policy, and on public opinion. We litigate cases that have the potential to establish important new legal principles concerning the system of free expression, to influence the practices of powerful actors in that system, and to raise public awareness about contemporary structural threats to that system. We focus especially on complex and challenging cases that relate to new technology, including new communications platforms, and we favor cases that afford us the opportunity to draw on insights generated by our research program.
Our litigation prioritizes cases in our three focus areas, Free Speech & Social Media, Transparency & Democracy, and Privacy & Surveillance.
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Coalition for Independent Technology Research v. Rubio
A challenge to an immigration policy targeting tech researchers and online safety workers
LATEST NEWS & ANALYSIS
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Press Statement
Legal Organizations Across Ideologies Urge Appeals Court to Uphold Block on President Trump’s Unconstitutional Attacks on Harvard
Last year, a federal court blocked the Trump administration’s efforts at a hostile ideological takeover of Harvard University
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Press Statement
Public Needs Greater Transparency Into How Generative AI Systems Are Built
Knight Institute urges Ninth Circuit to reject xAI’s bid to block California law requiring disclosures about generative AI training data
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Press Statement
Federal Court Suspends Trump Immigration Policy Targeting Technology Researchers
Court finds policy likely violates the First Amendment by targeting protected research and advocacy based on viewpoint
Our Docket
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Amicus Brief
xAI v. Bonta
A Ninth Circuit case challenging California’s generative AI transparency law
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Amicus Brief
CAIR Foundation v. DeSantis
An Eleventh Circuit case challenging a Florida executive order designating CAIR a “terrorist organization”
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Lawsuit
Umemoto v. Westchester County Police Department
A class-action challenge to the Westchester County Police Department’s AI-powered vehicle surveillance system
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Amicus Brief
United States v. Inofuentes
A Fourth Circuit case addressing the constitutionality of warrantless cellphone searches at the border
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Amicus Brief
Amazon v. Perplexity AI
A case addressing the application of computer crime laws to AI tools that collect information on behalf of users
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Lawsuit
Margolin v. National Association of Immigration Judges
A lawsuit challenging a government policy silencing immigration judges
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Amicus Brief
Zaid v. Executive Office of the President
A D.C. Circuit case challenging the retaliatory revocation of a security clearance
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Lawsuit
Coalition for Independent Technology Research v. Rubio
A challenge to an immigration policy targeting tech researchers and online safety workers
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Amicus Brief
Chatrie v. United States
A Supreme Court case challenging the constitutionality of geofence searches