“CAT” Up a Tree: Showdown Looms over SEC’s Plan for a Huge Trading Database

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...

Morgan & Morgan Seeks FDA Documents on Weight Loss Drugs

by Randy 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. ...

Forever Chemicals Lead to Bad Times for 3M

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...

Big Money at the Table as Vapers Roll the Dice

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...

An Anti-Biden Group Goes All In on FOIA Requests

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...

Hot-Button Requests at the FDA as Agency Gets Tough on Menthol Cigarettes

by Randy Miller | Mar 27, 2024 | FDA, FOIA, Hedge Funds, Law Firms, Litigation, Non-Profits, Pharmaceuticals, Politics, Short-Selling, Stock Market

FOIAengine:  Conservative Activists, Law Firms, Non-Profits Signal Competing Agendas A review of the most recent Freedom of Information Act requests made to the Food and Drug Administration illustrates how political organizations, law firms, news media, and financial...