King & Spalding, LLP v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA _________________________________________ ) KING & SPALDING, LLP, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) Case No. 16-cv-01616 (APM) ) U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ) HUMAN SERVICES, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) _________________________________________ ) MEMORANDUM OPINION I. INTRODUCTION In April 2016, Plaintiff King & Spalding LLP submitted Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) requests to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) and the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) (collectively “Defendants”), seeking documents provided to the…