Randy E. Miller

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Reporters Pry for Answers at the FCC as Skeptics...

FOIAengine: News Organizations Pursue Evidence in Trump vs. Kimmel Feud A burst of late-April Freedom of Information Act requests saw multiple news organizations converging on the same question: when the...

How Requesters Use FOIA to Asses Biopharma Risks

FOIAengine: Assessments Include Operational, Clinical and Commercial Threats Freedom of Information Act requests to the Food and Drug Administration during March illustrated three of the primary uncertainties facing U.S. drug...

News Media FOIA Requests Target EPA’s Zeldin

FOIAengine: Journalists Seek EPA Communications on Iran Bombing A small circle of reporters – concentrated overwhelming at one news organization – is using the Freedom of Information Act to run...

Kalshi and Polymarket Targeted by Journalists

FOIAengine: News Organizations Investigate Prediction Markets Several leading news organizations are investigating high-flying prediction markets Kalshi and Polymarket, based on Freedom of Information Act requests submitted to the Commodity and...

A New Wave of Litigation Over AI Chatbots

FOIAengine: Signals From a FOIA Request After a Landmark Settlement Megan Garcia was certain her 14-year-old son’s tragic suicide in 2024 was caused by a Game of Thrones-inspired AI chatbot....

How Lawyers Use FOIA for Radically Different Agendas

FOIAengine: A Tale of Two Law Firms When most people think about the Freedom of Information Act, they imagine journalists prying loose hidden facts or activists holding officials accountable. But...