by John A. Jenkins | Aug 14, 2024 | FOIA, Litigation, News Media, SEC, Short-Selling
FOIAengine: How the “Bounty Hunter of Wall Street” Hedged His Bets As a young man, Andrew Left was a “real serious kid” – and very religious. He wanted to be a rabbi. But then, in his telling, Left saw a newspaper ad that said, “Earn $100,000.” “I thought, ‘Yeah,...
by John A. Jenkins | Jul 10, 2024 | FOIA, Hedge Funds, Litigation, SEC
FOIA Requests Reveal Perils and Possibilities of the Consolidated Audit Trail, aka “Mass Surveillance” Imagine a time when anyone might be able to file a Freedom of Information Act request with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a complete audit-trail report...
by Randy E. Miller | Jul 3, 2024 | FDA, FOIA, Law Firms, Litigation, Pharmaceuticals
FOIAengine: Law Firm’s 48 Inquiries Follow Earlier Requests Personal injury law firm Morgan & Morgan continued to push the Food and Drug Administration during May for documents that could strengthen potential litigation challenging popular weight control drugs. ...
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...
