by John A. Jenkins | Nov 12, 2025 | FOIA, SEC
FOIAengine: SEC’s$2.5 Billion Outsourcing Contract Explained The Securities and Exchange Commission, which signed a staffing contract potentially worth $2.5 billion with a Texas-based Alaska Native corporation, appears to have relied heavily on the outside contractor...
by John A. Jenkins | Nov 5, 2025 | Antitrust, Cryptocurrency, FOIA, FTC, Politics, SEC
FOIAengine: Tort Lawyers, Watchdogs Continue the Fight The October 21 presidential pardon that wiped away Changpeng Zhao’s criminal history may have erased the felony conviction of the Binance founder, but it hasn’t freed his empire – or quieted the controversy. ...
by John A. Jenkins | Oct 1, 2025 | FOIA, Politics, SEC
FOIAengine: How Obscure MMTLP Became a Cause Célèbre At the Securities and Exchange Commission, the inbox has been filling up with hundreds of near-identical Freedom of Information Act requests about a little-known company called Meta Materials, Inc., whose stock...
by John A. Jenkins | Sep 3, 2025 | FOIA, Hedge Funds, News Media, Politics, SEC
FOIAengine: Wall Street Journal Seeking SEC Emails and Texts Involving the Trump-Affiliated Venture Capital Firm The Wall Street Journal is pressing the Securities and Exchange Commission for records involving Trump-affiliated 1789 Capital – a timely request after a...
by John A. Jenkins | May 8, 2025 | FDA, FOIA, FTC, News Media, SEC
The Latest Requests Logged in FOIAengine Questions about GLP-1 weight loss drugs, DOGE, cryptocurrencies, and the past conduct of Trump’s regulatory nominees are among those in newly available Freedom of Information Act requests filed by media organizations with the...
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...
