by John A. Jenkins | Mar 12, 2025 | FOIA, Politics, SEC
FOIAengine: WILL TRUMP FIRE ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGES? LinkedIn is usually a repository of routine announcements and postings, but this headline raised an alarm: Expect All SEC Administrative Law Judges to be Fired Forthwith. The prediction of such a drastic...
by John A. Jenkins | Mar 5, 2025 | Cryptocurrency, FOIA, SEC
FOIAengine: Finding a Signal Amid Hundreds of Requests Cameron Winklevoss, half of the identical-twin duo at the helm of the cryptocurrency exchange named Gemini (yes, Houston, we get it), had a big reason to celebrate last week’s news that the government dropped its...
by John A. Jenkins | Feb 12, 2025 | DOD, FOIA, News Media, SEC, Stock Market
FOIAengine: Homeland Security Report, Media Requests Highlight the Issue When a deepfake photo of an explosion near the Pentagon caused investor panic in 2023, the hysteria caught authorities off guard and stymied investigators. The photo spread like a contagion...
by John A. Jenkins | Nov 26, 2024 | Corporate Investigators, FOIA, Hedge Funds, Law Firms, Litigation, News Media, Politics, SEC
FOIAengine: Requests Signaled Trouble for Guatam Adani Guatam Adani, India’s most powerful tycoon and a close ally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, knows what it’s like to stare death in the face and survive. Danger has a knack for finding him. But each time – a...
by John A. Jenkins | Sep 11, 2024 | FDA, FOIA, FTC, SEC
FOIAengine Explores the Widespread Use of “Neither Confirm Nor Deny” By John A. Jenkins We’re taking a look this week at a frequently used Freedom of Information Act exemption that isn’t mentioned anywhere in the statutory language. It’s known as “Glomar” among the...
by John A. Jenkins | Sep 4, 2024 | FOIA, Politics, SEC
FOIAengine: DNC’s Five Requests Also Target Nominee’s Venture Capital Partners Caroline Graham is the Democratic National Committee’s research director, a $144,000-a-year job that puts her on the front line of gathering dirt on the Republican vice-presidential...
