context: As a threshold matter, the materials compiled to support the investigation and prosecution of Sorin's unlawful options backdating activities were "records or information compiled for law enforcement purposes" under Exemption 7(C). Even though Dickstein Shapiro originally created many of these documents, Exemption 7(C) applies to documents "compiled" by the government regardless of then-original source.
citation_a.signal: see also
citation_a.parenthetical: unsolicited complaint letters directed to the Federal Trade Commission were compiled for "law enforcement purposes" under Exemption 7(A
citation_a.sentence: See John Doe Agency, 493 U.S. at 153, 110 S.Ct. 471 (“A compilation, in its ordinary meaning, is something composed of materials collected and assembled from various sources or other documents”) (citations omitted); see also Fedders Corp. v. FTC, 494 F.Supp. 325, 328 (S.D.N.Y.) (unsolicited complaint letters directed to the Federal Trade Commission were compiled for “law enforcement purposes” under Exemption 7(A) when, at the time of the FOIA request, the letters constituted “an important element in the record of an active investigation”), aff'd, Fedders Corp. v. FTC, 646 F.2d 560 (2d Cir. 1980).
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.parenthetical: "A compilation, in its ordinary meaning, is something composed of materials collected and assembled from various sources or other documents"
citation_b.sentence: See John Doe Agency, 493 U.S. at 153, 110 S.Ct. 471 (“A compilation, in its ordinary meaning, is something composed of materials collected and assembled from various sources or other documents”) (citations omitted); see also Fedders Corp. v. FTC, 494 F.Supp. 325, 328 (S.D.N.Y.) (unsolicited complaint letters directed to the Federal Trade Commission were compiled for “law enforcement purposes” under Exemption 7(A) when, at the time of the FOIA request, the letters constituted “an important element in the record of an active investigation”), aff'd, Fedders Corp. v. FTC, 646 F.2d 560 (2d Cir. 1980).