In the blog post that Michelle posted it says that both ACLU and Cooley, LLP are working pro bono. (Which is pretty sweet!) Does that answer your question?
Best, John > From: [email protected] > Subject: Publicpolicy Digest, Vol 40, Issue 19 > To: [email protected] > Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2015 12:00:12 +0000 > > Send Publicpolicy mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/publicpolicy > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Publicpolicy digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Wikimedia v. NSA Update - District court grants gov't motion > to dismiss (Michelle Paulson) > 2. Re: Wikimedia v. NSA Update - District court grants gov't > motion to dismiss (Fæ) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2015 09:31:38 -0400 > From: Michelle Paulson <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Publicpolicy] Wikimedia v. NSA Update - District court > grants gov't motion to dismiss > Message-ID: > <CAL7R-pvFSgNmZ5pKQu+=GjXhmgh6S9_R3yF2cKA2rax+=tr...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hi All, > > Yesterday, a federal district court granted the government's motion to > dismiss our Wikimedia v. NSA > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_v._NSA> case. For those > of you familiar with procedural rules, the Judge T.S. Ellis III dismissed > the case on standing <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standing_%28law%29> > grounds. What this means is that the court believed that we, along with our > co-plaintiffs, were unable to plausibly allege that the NSA is capturing > our communications. The ruling *did not* reach the substance and merits of > the case. > > We respectfully disagree with the decision and plan on appealing. This was > not an unexpected outcome at this point in the litigation, and our counsel > at ACLU feel that this is a strong posture for appeal. > > We continue to feel that the NSA’s mass surveillance poses a serious threat > to privacy, freedom of expression, and freedom of association -- rights > that are essential to the Wikimedia movement, rights that we will continue > to fight for. We thank the community for all of the support you have shown > for this effort throughout this process. > > Please see our blog post > <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/10/23/wikimedia-v-nsa-lawsuit-dismissal/> > for more information. > > -Michelle > == > Michelle Paulson > Legal Director > Wikimedia Foundation > 149 New Montgomery Street, 6th Floor > San Francisco, CA 94105 > [email protected] > 415.839.6885 ext. 6608 (Office) > 415.882.0495 (Fax) > > *NOTICE: This message may be confidential or legally privileged. If you > have received it by accident, please delete it and let us know about the > mistake. As an attorney for the Wikimedia Foundation and for legal/ethical > reasons, I cannot give legal advice to, or serve as a lawyer for, community > members, volunteers, or staff members in their personal capacity. For more > on what this means, please see our legal disclaimer > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Legal_Disclaimer>.* > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/publicpolicy/attachments/20151024/3f86677f/attachment-0001.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2015 07:06:45 +0000 > From: Fæ <[email protected]> > To: Publicpolicy Group for Wikimedia > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Publicpolicy] Wikimedia v. NSA Update - District court > grants gov't motion to dismiss > Message-ID: > <CAH7nnD3bJkoyp=3uy6yz+t+p-yo4oqde0j3gbmv-atwgfsz...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Thanks for the prompt update Michelle. > > I can imagine a lot of work goes into a legal action like this, unless > it is on a pro bono footing. Are the WMF costs for pursuing the case > published? > > Thanks, > Fae > > On 24 October 2015 at 14:31, Michelle Paulson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > Yesterday, a federal district court granted the government's motion to > > dismiss our Wikimedia v. NSA case. For those of you familiar with procedural > > rules, the Judge T.S. Ellis III dismissed the case on standing grounds. What > > this means is that the court believed that we, along with our co-plaintiffs, > > were unable to plausibly allege that the NSA is capturing our > > communications. The ruling did not reach the substance and merits of the > > case. > > > > We respectfully disagree with the decision and plan on appealing. This was > > not an unexpected outcome at this point in the litigation, and our counsel > > at ACLU feel that this is a strong posture for appeal. > > > > We continue to feel that the NSA’s mass surveillance poses a serious threat > > to privacy, freedom of expression, and freedom of association -- rights that > > are essential to the Wikimedia movement, rights that we will continue to > > fight for. We thank the community for all of the support you have shown for > > this effort throughout this process. > > > > Please see our blog post for more information. > > > > -Michelle > > == > > Michelle Paulson > > Legal Director > > Wikimedia Foundation > > 149 New Montgomery Street, 6th Floor > > San Francisco, CA 94105 > > [email protected] > > 415.839.6885 ext. 6608 (Office) > > 415.882.0495 (Fax) > > > > NOTICE: This message may be confidential or legally privileged. If you have > > received it by accident, please delete it and let us know about the mistake. > > As an attorney for the Wikimedia Foundation and for legal/ethical reasons, I > > cannot give legal advice to, or serve as a lawyer for, community members, > > volunteers, or staff members in their personal capacity. For more on what > > this means, please see our legal disclaimer. > > -- > [email protected] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > Publicpolicy mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/publicpolicy > > > ------------------------------ > > End of Publicpolicy Digest, Vol 40, Issue 19 > ********************************************
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