July 30, 2025
The Ninth Circuit said Wednesday that the U.S. Department of Labor must release federal contractor demographic reports to the Center for Investigative Reporting, backing a lower court's order that the data can't be concealed from the public under the concern that it contains commercial information.
February 14, 2025
The Center for Investigative Reporting told the Ninth Circuit on Friday that federal contractors' workforce demographic reports were not protected by a commercial data exemption to the Freedom of Information Act, as there was no "intimate information" in those reports.
February 07, 2025
In the coming week, attorneys should watch for oral arguments at the Ninth Circuit regarding journalists' attempt to seek federal contractor pay data from the U.S. Department of Labor. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters on deck in California.
February 26, 2024
The Center for Investigative Reporting urged a California federal court not to allow the U.S. Department of Labor to withhold government contractor demographic reports, arguing that any further delays in disclosure would harm the public.