OPRA denials have cost the state of New Jersey over $900K in four years

The below articles summarize the continued costs to New Jersey of losing OPRA cases. The total is over $900,000 from 2012-2016 alone. That figure is the amount reimbursed to prevailing plaintiffs’ attorneys — it doesn’t even include the state’s own legal costs. Non-disclosure of records, or receiving no response at all in some cases, is commonplace Read More …