FOIAengine: Maker of Elevidys Targeted by 91 FOIA Requests in 19 Months As biotech firm Sarepta Therapeutics (NASD: SRPT) battles patient deaths, regulatory action, and a cratering stock price, its dealings with the Food and Drug Administration are being monitored...
Years Before High Court’s Ruling Against Harvard, a FOIA Request Signaled Trouble
FOIAengine Explores a Courtroom Sideshow in SFFA v. Harvard Amid the sprawling, years-long litigation in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard that ultimately reshaped the legal landscape for affirmative action in college admissions, a little-noticed courtroom...
How Private Detectives Use FOIA
FOIAengine Tracks Three Private Eyes on the Trail of Short-Seller Culper Research Brian Willingham is a licensed private investigator in New York, ID# 1000149418. He runs an investigative agency called Diligentia Group. The company’s motto is “We Find Evidence That...
How the Media Probes Trump’s Trade and Immigration Enforcement
FOIAengine: Requests Run the Gamut from Child Detentions to China Trade In the six months since President Trump’s inauguration, U.S. Customs and Border Protection has received hundreds of news media Freedom of Information Act requests seeking information about the...
Some Research Into Short-Seller Culper Research
FOIAengine: How a Proxy Requester Masks Its Identity On April 14, 2021, online forums where retail investors and short sellers exchange research, rumors, and trading strategies were buzzing. On Reddit and Twitter, meme stock traders were watching for the next big...
ExodusPoint Gains A Unique Advantage
FOIAengine: Decoding How a Hedge Fund Tracks FDA Requests ExodusPoint burst onto the hedge fund scene in 2018 with the largest launch in history — raising $8.5 billion out of the gate — powered by institutional backing, an elite Wall Street pedigree, and high-profile...