Williams & Connolly LLP v. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

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• noting that the parties dispute “whether the requested documents are ‘related to’ a bank examination for purposes of Exemption 8” (emphasis added)
• “[T]he Court is persuaded . . . that withholding the requested documents furthers one of [Exemption 8’s] underlying purposes—it encourages banks to be candid and transparent with the Comptroller.”
• “[T]he requested documents constitute communications between [the agency] and the Banks, their proposed independent consultants, and proposed independent counsel . . . and therefore . . . ‘relate to’ a bank examination.” (internal quotation marks omitted)
• “[Bjecause the Comptroller asserts that all of the relevant documents fall within the ambit of Exemption 8, and since ... the Court finds that the Comptroller properly withheld the requested records pursuant to Exemption 8, it does not address Exemption 4 and 5.”

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