Judge Orders FDA To Hand Over Whistleblower Surveillance Documents
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
In the latest turn of events for FDA, a federal judge has ordered the agency to hand over thousands of documents accumulated from monitoring employees’ communications.
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