Brief filed: 02/10/2020
Documents
United States v. Blaszczak
2nd Circuit Court of Appeals; Case No. 18-2811(L), 18-2825(Con), 18-2867(Con), 19-2878(Con)
Prior Decision
Panel decision 947 F.3d 19 (2nd Cir. Dec. 30, 2019)
Argument(s)
Designating information as confidential is not enough to make it “property” in the government’s hands. This Court should not expand Section 641 and provide the government with an all-purpose tool for prosecuting leaks.
Author(s)
Peter Neiman and Nicholas R. Werle, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, New York, NY; Lindsay A. Lewis, NACDL, New York, NY.
