by John A. Jenkins | Jun 13, 2024 | EPA, FOIA, Law Firms, Litigation, News Media
FOIAengine: ProPublica Reporter Made Dozens of FOIA Requests to EPA Before Dropping a Bombshell Minnesota-based 3M styles itself as a friendly, people-first company in the heartland of America, innovating through curiosity. Its 93,000 employees make all sorts of...
by John A. Jenkins | Jun 6, 2024 | FDA, FOIA, Law Firms, Litigation, Medical Devices
FOIAengine: Hundreds of FOIA Requests Signaled Challenge to FDA Two companies that go by the names of Triton Distribution and Vapetasia are small players in America’s fast-growing $28 billion e-cigarette market. Despite their size, they’ve become the unlikely...
by John A. Jenkins | May 16, 2024 | FDA, FOIA, Litigation, Non-Profits, Politics, SEC
FOIAengine: What Does the American Accountability Foundation Want to Know – and Why? This week we’re taking a look at the more than 100 Freedom of Information Act requests recently filed by the non-profit American Accountability Foundation. This group, a pugnacious...
by John A. Jenkins | Apr 30, 2024 | FOIA, Hedge Funds, Stock Market
FOIAengine: Traders Had an Inside Track on the CPI. Journalists Used FOIA to Expose It. Today’s story is about the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which calculates the all-important Consumer Price Index. It’s also a cautionary tale about how a select few on Wall Street...
by John A. Jenkins | Apr 11, 2024 | FDA, FOIA, Medical Devices
FOIAengine: As Deaths Mounted, J&J “Promised to Correct” – and Sought FDA Records Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) proudly calls itself “the world’s largest and most diversified healthcare products company.” The company had $85 billion in sales last year, and...
