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Line Item Prices Still Exempt Under FOIA

Client Alert | 1 min read | 01.30.08

In Canadian Commercial Corp., et. al. v. Dept. of the Air Force (Jan. 29, 2008, http://pacer.cadc.uscourts.gov/docs/common/opinions/200801/06-5310a.pdf), the D.C. Circuit reiterated to the Air Force its ruling in McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Air Force, 375 F.3d 1182, namely that line item prices are exempt from disclosure under FOIA. In doing so, the Court rejected the Air Force's arguments that: (1) historically line item pricing was subject to disclosure under FOIA, (2) that those prices should be disclosed because the Air Force was likely to exercise the options under the contract, and (3) the FAR requires disclosure of line item pricing, concluding instead that the disclosure of those line item prices would cause substantial competitive harm to the contractor.

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Client Alert | 15 min read | 08.20.25

The New EU “Pharma Package”: Interplay with the Critical Medicines Act and other shortage initiatives

In this eighth alert in our weekly series on the EU Pharma Package, we continue our overview of initiatives with respect to security of supply and shortage prevention and mitigation. Our last alert looked at how the Pharma Package seeks to address these issues. However, the Pharma Package does not exist in isolation, and in this alert we will discuss the interplay between its measures and those contained in other important EU initiatives such as the proposed Critical Medicines Act (CMA), and the Medicinal Countermeasures Strategy and the EU Stockpiling Strategy....