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Court opinion issued June 4, 2020

Court Opinions (2015-2023)Allan BlutsteinComment

Ctr. for Investigative Reporting v. DOL (N.D. Cal.) — ruling that: (1) Department of Labor improperly relied on Exemption 4 to withhold certain work-related injury form received by OSHA from employers, because agency failed to show that records were both customarily and actually treated as private by owners and provide to the government under an assurance of privacy; (2) OSHA performed adequate search for other work-related injury and illness records, which agency did not start collecting during requested time period.

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