Attorney General Violating Public Records Law?

Gary King

Santa Fe New Mexican - The state Attorney General's Office, which is charged with helping enforce New Mexico's open-government laws, has been found guilty of violating the Inspection of Public Records Act. State District Judge Beatrice Brickhouse on March 15 ordered Attorney General Gary King to comply with a records request from a lawyer who is suing his office in a pay-discrimination case. The judge has yet to decide what fee to impose on King's office for violating the statute. At issue is a request for salary information from attorney Dan Faber, who represents three female attorneys employed by the AG's Office. Faber in 2010 filed a federal lawsuit claiming the women aren't paid as much as male lawyers with similar jobs and experience. That federal lawsuit is separate from Faber's claim under the state records law, which he filed under his own name. The AG's Office denied Faber's Aug. 23 request for salary information on attorneys general. The agency didn't cite an exemption under the records act that would allow it to withhold such records but noted that an order, or stay, was in place that put all discovery in the federal case on hold. Read full story here: News New Mexico. Read full story here: News New Mexico

Attorney General Violating Public Records Law?