Court Cases

• Library Copyright Alliance

  The Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) consists of three major library associations — the American Library Association, the Association of Research Libraries, and the Association of College and Research Libraries—that cooperate...

• ARL and Other Groups File Amicus Brief in Mozilla v. Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

  The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) joined with 19 library and higher education organizations on August 27, 2018 in submitting an amicus brief in Mozilla v. Federal Communications Commission (FCC),...

• Library and Higher Education Groups File Amicus Brief Supporting Net Neutrality

  The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) joined with 19 library and higher education organizations yesterday in submitting an amicus brief in Mozilla v. Federal Communications Commission (FCC), emphasizing the importance...

• Advocacy and Public Policy Update—May 2017

  An update of key advocacy and public policy issues of interest to the research library community in Canada and in the US from January 27, 2017, through May 19, 2017,...

• LCA Files Amicus Brief: Capitol Records, LLC v. ReDigi Inc. in Support of Reversal

  On February 14, 2017, members of the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) filed an amicus brief in support of reversal in the Capitol Records, LLC v. ReDigi Inc. case being heard...

• LCA Files Amicus Brief: Cambridge University Press v. J. L. Albert in Support of Affirmance

  On February 13, 2017, members of the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) filed an amicus brief in support of affirmance in the Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, Inc., and Sage...

• Advocacy and Public Policy Update—September 2016

  An update on key advocacy and public policy issues of interest to the research library community in Canada and in the US from July 15, 2016 through September 26, 2016...

• Advocacy and Public Policy Update—July 2016

  An update on key advocacy and public policy issues of interest to the research library community in Canada and in the US from April 1, 2016 through July 14, 2016...

• ARL Applauds US Supreme Court Decision Upholding Diversity in College Admissions

  The US Supreme Court decided in a 4-3 ruling today, June 23, 2016, that it is lawful for the University of Texas (UT) at Austin to consider race as part...

• US Appeals Court Upholds Open Internet Order Governing Net Neutrality

  In an important victory for libraries, higher education, and consumers, the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit released today its long-awaited opinion in US Telecom Association v. Federal...

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