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Court opinion issued Jan. 30, 2022

Louise Trauma Ctr. v. DOJ (D.D.C.) -- holding that: (1) DOJ failed to provide sufficient information to permit court to determine propriety of agency’s reliance on Exemption 5’s attorney-client, attorney work-product, and deliberative process privileges to withhold certain appellate training material; and (2) Civil Division performed adequate search for studies and analyses of the “foreseeable harm” standard of the 2016 FOIA Improvement Act.

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