New Civil Liberties All. v. SEC (D.D.C.) -- concluding that: (1) the SEC demonstrated that it performed an adequate search for records concerning a “control deficiency”; (2) the agency properly withheld its communications with outside investigators under the attorney-work product privilege, noting that the consultant corollary applied to the group’s work and that anticipated litigation motivated the creation of the disputed records; and (3) the agency properly invoked Exemption 6 to withhold employee and contractor names and contact details.
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