Attorneys Redact Everything Except Articles & Prepositions... Judge Is Less Than Pleased
A redaction themed benchslap.
No one enjoys turning over damaging discovery, but that’s the way the litigation cookie crumbles. But in an ongoing FOIA matter, the FDIC just turned over some redacted documents.
Though that might be stretching the spirit of “redacted” a bit far. Prompting Judge Ana C. Reyes to issue a terse response.
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“History Associates Incorporated” makes this matter sound like the Ancient Alien guys are looking for some of their guaranteed deposits back from the FDIC. But it’s really an entity hired by the crypto industry to lodge FOIA requests against government regulators.
So… not nearly as credible as Ancient Aliens.
But redacting everything but an article or preposition is a bold move even for a government agency fighting a request. However, it would appear that when it came to FOIA, FDIC FAFO.
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