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FOIA News: Using FOIA to Compel Federal Agencies to Prove Claims

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Using FOIA to Compel Federal Agencies to Prove Claims

Siri & Glimstad LLP, Bloomberg Law, Aug. 23, 2022

A group of scientists and medical researchers successfully sued the FDA under FOIA to force the release of documents related to licensing of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine earlier this year. Siri & Glimstad attorneys, who represent the plaintiffs in the lawsuit, discuss how FOIA can be used to compel government authorities to release data the public can then use to evaluate the veracity of government claims.

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