Federal Judge Allows Corporation To File Secret Lawsuit

From ThinkProgress Tue Dec 18 2012, 19:50:29

In a remarkable blow to freedom of information, a federal trial judge ruled this summer that a company could sue a product safety agency anonymously for posting an improper report about the company, sealed the opinion entirely for several months and then released it in heavily redacted form. According to consumer groups now challenging the [...]

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