Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel April 5, 1999 (Applicability of Trade Secrets Act to Intra-Governmental Exchange of Regulatory Information)

Applicability of Trade Secrets Act to Intra-Governmental

Exchange of Regulatory Information

T he d isclosure to certain federal financial regulatory agencies o f propriety inform ation o f the Office

o f F ederal H o u sin g E nterprise Oversight obtained from the finance institutions it regulates would

b e “ auth o rized by law ” w ithin the m eaning o f the T rade S ecrets Act and therefore