9th Circ. Ruling Clarifies Doc Protection Limits In Gov't Probes

By Andrew Goldstein and Ephraim McDowell ( March 31, 2026, 5:04 PM EDT) -- The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit's Jan. 30 decision in Kalbers v. U.S. Department of Justice holds that documents produced to the government solely in response to a grand jury subpoena are protected from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, or FOIA....

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