FOIA

When the government releases documents under the Freedom of Information Act, it still has to protect human beings' personal privacy. This week, AT&T asked the Supreme Court to apply the same privacy principle to corporations. A ruling is months away, but it didn't sound like even the conservative wing of the court was buying it.

The new financial reform law may have made it easier for the SEC to keep secrets from the public. The SEC is no longer required to disclose records or information about basic regulatory and oversight activities.

Billionaire Mark Cuban, who relishes a good fight with everyone from NBA referees to readers of his popular blog, has got a doozy on his hands: now he's fighting the Securities & Exchange Commission's accusations of insider trading. At issue is whether the 50-year-old entrepreneur improperly...