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Court opinions issued Sept. 30, 2018

Wadleton v. Dep’t of State (D.D.C.) -- awarding attorney’s fees and costs of $11,726.97 in case involving plaintiff’s employment records, but reducing award from $19,222.75 requested by plaintiff due to excessive time billed and unreasonably high hourly rates.

Intellectual Prop. Watch v. U.S. Trade Representative (S.D.N.Y.) -- ruling that agency properly relied on Exemption 3 in conjunction with 19 U.S.C. § 2155(g)(2)-(3) to withhold communications among USTR, industry trade advisory committees, and private-sector consultants about Trans Pacific Partnership trade agreement.

Summaries of all published opinions issued since April 2015 are available here.