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Court opinion issued June 5, 2020

Court Opinions (2015-2023)Allan BlutsteinComment

Am. Small Business League v. DOD (N.D. Cal) -- following in camera review, concluding that: (1) agency’s Exemption 4 redactions from government’s compliance reports remained overbroad, specifically “most of the government’s analysis”; and (2) agency was improperly relying on Exemption 5’s common-interest doctrine to withhold communications predating its joint-defense agreement with Sikorsky Aircraft.

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