Am. Small Bus. League v. DOD (N.D. Cal., 2019) -- ruling that: (1) DOD performed reasonable search for contracting records and communications between government and contractor in earlier FOIA litigation; (2) agency improperly relied on Exemption 3 (Procurement Integrity Act ) to withhold subcontracting performance and compliance records relating to contracts that were already awarded; (3) neither party established absence of material facts regarding applicability of Exemption 4 to subcontracting plans; (4) DOD release all communications that were not legitimately made pursuant to a joint defense agreement (unless protected by another FOIA exemption); and (5) agency properly withheld third-party information pursuant to Exemption 6, to which plaintiff did not object.

Niro v. IRS (D. Mass.) -- determining that agency performed adequate search for audit records concerning plaintiff’s tax returns and that it properly withheld records pursuant to Exemptions 3, 7(C), and 7(E).

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