On behalf of Professor Pamela Samuelson, the Samuelson Clinic drafted and filed an amicus brief in a case requiring the Ninth Circuit to interpret and apply the Supreme Court's recent fair use decisions in Google LLC v. Oracle America, Inc. and Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts v. Goldsmith. The brief argues that 1) juries can properly decide fair uses cases, 2) Warhol instructs courts and parties to focus on the specific use at issue, and 3) Warhol recognizes many valid justifications for borrowing beyond targeting the original work.

On behalf of three nonprofit organizations, the Samuelson Clinic drafted and filed an amicus brief highlighting the importance of preserving long-standing reader privacy protections in the digital age. Reader privacy, critical to democratic participation, has long been safeguarded by libraries but is under threat by commercial e-book vendors’ intensive tracking of readers’ habits.

On behalf of the United Church of Christ Media Justice Ministry, Samuelson Clinic students drafted and filed motions to intervene in a multi-circuit challenge to federal rules capping the rates for incarcerated people's communication services.

On behalf of Authors Alliance, the Clinic successfully petitioned the Copyright Office for exemptions to Section 1201 liability for researchers engaging in text and data mining of literary works and films. As part of a triennial proceeding, the Clinic drafted a petition, responded to opponents, and appeared before the Copyright Office to make the case for such research. The Copyright Office largely granted the proposed exemption in October 2021. When the exemption was up for renewal in 2024, the Clinic submitted comments and made the case for an expansion of the exemption, much of which the Copyright Office granted.

Student white paper examines how federal law enforcement agencies used digital evidence to investigate suspected criminal activity during protests in Minneapolis-Saint Paul following George Floyd’s murder.

Advocacy to help secure attorney-client privilege in emails sent between people incarcerated in federal jails and prisons, and their lawyers

On behalf of ACLU California Action, the Samuelson Clinic drafted a comment in response to Executive Order N-12-23 on Generative Artificial Intelligence, recommending additional safeguards.

Lawsuit on behalf of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press to unseal certain search warrant materials

A lawsuit to force U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to disclose records about its collection of data on some 200,000 immigrants through its SmartLINK App.

Litigating a Freedom of Information Act case seeking more information about the government's policies and practices around considering individuals' speech, associations, and beliefs in making immigration decisions