FOIAengine Analysis Reveals Targets and Topics News media outlets continued to be the leading submitters of Freedom of Information Act requests to the Federal Trade Commission during the first half of 2024, with many of the requests focused on the agency’s...
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,...
FOIA Requests Target Scott Sheffield, King of the Frackers, Amid Reports of a Criminal Referral This week, we’re looking into how antitrust enforcers used their approval of an oil-industry megadeal to send a message about white-collar criminality. It’s a cautionary...
FOIAengine Reveals Inquiries About FTC’s Inner Workings With the Federal Trade Commission reportedly preparing to sue the three largest pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs, over their approach to negotiating the availability and prices for drugs, we’re taking a look...
The American Securities Association Uses a FOIA Lawsuit to Advance Its Agenda Two months ago, the two Republican members of the Securities and Exchange Commission blasted their own agency for what they called a meritless prosecution of stock exchanges. In a blunt...
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...
