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House Oversight and Senate Judiciary Committees Scrutinize Agencies’ FOIA Implementation, Resulting in DOJ Guidelines and...

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With the House Committee on Oversight and Reform and the Senate Committee on the Judiciary raising concerns over agencies’ FOIA compliance, the U.S. Department of Justice has responded with FOIA guidelines and related...more

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Materiality & The Public Disclosure Bar: Fending Off Qui Tam Attacks

Enforcement activity by the U.S. Government historically spikes in the wake of heightened government spending, whether a result of wars, recessions, or natural disasters. Following the unprecedented infusion of public money...more

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Illinois FOIA Ruling: Public Bodies May Not Withhold Residents' Identities

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• The Illinois Attorney General (AG) issued a binding opinion under the state's Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), holding that residents' names are not exempt as "private information" under FOIA. • The AG did not address...more

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First Circuit Affirms Dismissal For CVS Caremark Under Public Disclosure Bar

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The FCA’s public disclosure bar precludes liability when a relator’s allegations have been publicly disclosed in a list of statutorily enumerated sources. Last week, the First Circuit added to the growing jurisprudence both...more

Allen Matkins

Court Holds SEC Filing Is Not Public Disclosure

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California has patterned its false claim law, Cal. Gov’t Code §§ 12650 et seq., after the federal False Claims Act. As the names of these laws suggest, they are intended to protect the public fisc from false or fraudulent...more

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Court Reaffirms CA Attorney General’s Demand for Donor List

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Donor information is expected to remain confidential. With an apparent thumbs up from the U.S. Supreme Court, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals once again upheld the position of the California Attorney General (AG)...more

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Addressing Climate Change in SEC Filings and Other Public Disclosures: What These Disclosures Mean for Businesses

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Regulatory agencies are focusing on required climate change-related disclosures in securities filings and other public disclosures, seeking to ensure not only that such disclosures are made, but also that they are supported...more

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California Attorney General’s Open Data Initiative – The Latest in State and Federal Government Efforts to Harness the Power of...

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Early this month, California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris announced a unique data initiative to expand the public’s access to key criminal justice information that has been, to date, largely blocked from public...more

Allen Matkins

What, If Anything, Is The Attorney General’s Office Hiding?

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In January, I decided to update an earlier post regarding the number of calls made to the California Attorney General’s hotline mandated by Labor Code Section 1102.7. A few years earlier, I had published these data for the...more

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