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FOIA News: Litigation trends for February 2020

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February 2020 FOIA Litigation with Five-Year Monthly Trends

By FOIA Project, Mar. 24, 2020

During the month of February 2020 federal district courts saw a total of 63 new Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuits filed under 5 U.S.C. 552. To place this number in perspective, 63 new filings compares with a monthly average of 74 filings during the last 12 months. This month’s total brought overall FOIA filings on an annual basis for these last 12 months to 886.

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