American Small Business League Prevails in Pentagon Freedom of Information Case
Judge says Government didn’t comply with Order
Business Wire, June 15, 2020
U.S. District Judge William Alsup Friday handed another victory to a small business advocacy group, the American Small Business League (“ASBL”), holding that the Department of Defense and the Department of Justice didn’t comply with his previous orders requiring them to disclose their ratings of major defense contractors and the Justice Department’s communications with defense contractors’ lawyers.
Judge Alsup’s ruling is the latest in a long-running, David-versus-Goliath struggle between ASBL and the two federal agencies. The government has already had to pay ASBL $500,000 in attorney’s fees in the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) case.
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