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

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Our Docket

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  • Amicus Brief

    CNN v. Trump

    A lawsuit challenging President Trump’s decision to ban three news organizations from the White House.

  • New York Times v. Department of Defense

    Amicus Brief

    New York Times v. Department of Defense

    Cases challenging restrictions on journalists covering the Pentagon

  • Amicus Brief

    Khalil v. Blanche

    A case challenging the government's efforts to deport Mahmoud Khalil

  • Amicus Brief

    Patterson v. Meta Platforms, Inc.

    A N.Y. Court of Appeals case addressing whether Section 230 immunizes the use of recommendation algorithms.

  • Amicus Brief

    United States v. Lemon

    A criminal case against reporters Don Lemon and Georgia Fort

  • FOIA Lawsuit

    Knight Institute v. OMB

    A FOIA lawsuit seeking records concerning the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs' review of social media disclosure requirements

  • Amicus Brief

    xAI v. Bonta

    A Ninth Circuit case challenging California’s generative AI transparency law

  • Amicus Brief

    CAIR Foundation v. DeSantis

    An Eleventh Circuit case challenging a Florida executive order designating CAIR a “terrorist organization”

  • Lawsuit

    Umemoto v. Westchester County Police Department

    A class-action challenge to the Westchester County Police Department’s AI-powered vehicle surveillance system

  • Amicus Brief

    United States v. Inofuentes

    A Fourth Circuit case addressing the constitutionality of warrantless cellphone searches at the border