In a ruling that has implications for businesses turning information over to federal agencies, the US Supreme Court has held that commercial or financial information that is treated as private by its owner and provided to the...more
6/25/2019
/ Burden of Proof ,
Competition ,
Confidential Information ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Exemptions ,
FOIA ,
Food Marketing Institute v Argus Leader Media ,
Public Disclosure ,
SCOTUS ,
Split of Authority ,
Substantial-Competitive-Harm Test ,
Trade Secrets
The Court recently heard arguments in Oil States Energy Services, LLC v. Greene’s Energy Group, LLC on whether inter partes review—an adversarial process used by the US Patent and Trademark Office to determine the...more