U.S. Supreme Court Broadens FOIA Exemption 4 for ‘Confidential’ Materials

By Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Nat’l L. Rev. July 22, 2019

On June 24, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court in Food Marketing Institute v. Argus Leader Media expanded the Freedom of Information Act’s (FOIA) Exemption 4, excluding from disclosure pursuant to a FOIA request material containing “trade secrets and commercial or financial information obtained from a person and privileged or confidential.” 5 U.S.C. §552(b)(4).

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