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Court opinion issued Jan. 12, 2018

Ctr. for Pub. Integrity v. U.S. Dep't of Energy (D.D.C) -- concluding on motion for renewed summary judgment that: (1) agency properly relied on Exemption 4 to withhold attorney-client privileged communications between company and its legal counsel, except those portions that agency officially disclosed through public releases; and (2) agency provided sufficient justification for redacting identifying information of agency and company personnel under Exemption 7(C), except for names that agency officially acknowledged through FOIA disclosures.

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