Filed December 16, 2013
In Ashland Oil, the district court denied the company’s request for an injunction to block the FTC from producing statutorily-protected trade secret information to Congress, and the D.C. Circuit affirmed: “‘[T]he courts must presume that the committees of Congress will exercise their powers responsibly and with due regard for the rights of affected parties.’” Ashland Oil, 548 F.2d at 979 (quoting Ashland Oil, Inc. v. FTC, 409 F. Supp. 297, 308 (D.D.C. 1976)). In Exxon Corp., the Circuit Court refused to direct the FTC to provide written notice to affected parties before providing trade secret information to Congress: “For this court on a continuing basis to mandate an enforced delay on the legitimate investigations of Congress whenever these inquiries touched on trade secrets could seriously impede the vital investigatory powers of Congress and would be of highly questionable constitutionality.”
Filed June 2, 2010
[Id.] at 674; see also Ashland Oil, Inc. v. FTC, 409 F. Supp. 297, 307 (D.D.C. 1976), aff'd, 179 U.S. App. D.C. 22, 548 F.2d 977 (D.C. Cir. 1976) . . . (the party seeking injunctive relief must show that "[t]he injury complained of [is] of such imminence that there is a 'clear and present' need for equitable relief to prevent irreparable harm.").
Filed July 25, 2007
See, e.g., Kewanee Oil Co. v. Bicron Corp., 416 U.S. 470, 474, 94 S.Ct. 1879, 1882, 40 L.Ed.2d 315 (1974); Public Citizen Health Research Group v. Food & Drug Administration, 227 U.S.App.D.C. 151, 154, 704 F.2d 1280, 1283 (1983); Ashland Oil, Inc. v. FTC, 409 F.Supp. 297, 303 (D.D.C.), aff'd, 179 U.S.App. D.C. 22, 548 F.2d 977, (1976). 3.