AG Report on Live Entertainment Industry - Vice News Request
| Tracking # |
G000076-020623 |
| Submitted | Feb. 6, 2023 |
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From: Kassidy Dillon
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the New York Freedom of Information Law, I hereby request the following records:
Background: In 2016, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman released a report which included findings of an investigation into consumer abuses in the live entertainment industry. The report can be found here: https://ag.ny.gov/pdfs/Ticket_Sales_Report.pdf
1. Please provide any communications, including emails and memos, between the Attorney General’s Office and representatives from Ticketmaster during the investigation and leading up to the release of the 2016 report above.
2. Please provide any data, supplemental to the 2016 report, that the New York Attorney General’s Office received from Ticketmaster leading up to the date the report was published.
Electronic records should be produced in their unlocked native format with all original metadata and original filenames. Paper documents should be scanned and produced as Adobe PDF files. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.
The above request is a matter of public interest. The requested documents will be used in the course of reporting for VICE News. As such, we request a fee waiver. In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request.
If this request is denied in whole or in part, I ask that you justify all deletions by reference to specific exemptions of the New York Freedom of Information Law. Please inform us of the reason(s) for such denial in writing, and provide the name, mailing address, and email address of the person or body to whom an appeal should be directed. I expect the release of all segregable portions of otherwise exempt material. Please do not redact any non-responsive information from any records; we request the complete copies of any records with any responsive information.
In the interest of time, I request that you provide documents as they become available rather than waiting for the complete set.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 5 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Kassidy Dillon
From: Office of the Attorney General - New York
Re: FOIL Request #G000076-020623
Dear Mrs. Dillon:
This is an automated reply to your above-referenced FOIL request. Please do not respond to this message.
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From: Office of the Attorney General - New York
February 14, 2023
RE: Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) Request Reference # G000076-020623
Dear Mrs. Dillon:
Pursuant to Public Officers Law §89(3)(a), the Office of the Attorney General acknowledges receipt of the above-referenced FOIL request.
We are performing a diligent search for the records you request. We will notify you of the status of your request on or before March 15, 2023.
If we should locate any documents that respond to your request, and if we provide them in electronic format, we will notify you of any fee in advance. If we provide paper copies, we will also notify you of any fee in advance; for paper copies, the first five pages would be provided free of charge, and the cost for the remaining pages would be $.25 per page.
Sincerely,
Abisola Fatade
Assistant Attorney General
From: Office of the Attorney General - New York
March 15, 2023
RE: Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) Request Reference # G000076-020623
Dear Mrs. Dillon:
Please be advised that we are diligently engaged in the process of preparing a response to your above-referenced FOIL request. We estimate that this Office will complete this process and have its response to you by May 1, 2023. This additional time is needed for the following reasons: • the age of the records that may respond to your request; and • the detailed nature of the review required to respond to your request. We will contact you on or before the date mentioned. Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Sincerely, Abisola Fatade Assistant Attorney General
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From: Office of the Attorney General - New York
May 1, 2023
RE: Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) Request Reference # G000076-020623
Dear Mrs. Dillon:
Please be advised that records or portions of records that respond to your above-referenced FOIL request may be exempt from disclosure pursuant to Public Officers Law § 87(2)(d). Public Officers Law § 87(2)(d) provides that an agency may deny access to records or portions thereof “that are trade secrets or are submitted to an agency by a commercial enterprise or derived from information obtained from commercial enterprise and which if disclosed would cause substantial injury to the competitive position of the subject enterprise.”
The entity that provided these documents has the right to submit a written statement of the necessity for granting or continuing such exception from disclosure. Public Officers Law § 89(5)(b)(2).
These particular documents will be exempt from disclosure and kept apart from all other records until fifteen days after the entitlement to such an exception has been finally determined. Public Officers Law § 89(5)(a)(3). We will notify you when such exception has been finally determined.
Sincerely, Abisola Fatade Assistant Attorney General
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From: Office of the Attorney General - New York
Dear Lindsey Champlin:
Please find attached hereto, my final determination.
Abisola Fatade, Esq.
Foil Officer (AAG) /Assistant Counsel
New York State Office of the Attorney General
Executive Office
28 Liberty Street, 23rd Floor | New York, New York 10005
Tel: (212) 416 - 6207
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From: Office of the Attorney General - New York
Fatade, Abisola would like to recall the message, "RE: NY AG Freedom of Information Law Request No. G000076-2023".
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From: Office of the Attorney General - New York
Dear Lindsey Champlin:
Please find attached hereto, my final determination.
Abisola Fatade, Esq.
Foil Officer (AAG) /Assistant Counsel
New York State Office of the Attorney General
Executive Office
28 Liberty Street, 23rd Floor | New York, New York 10005
Tel: (212) 416 - 6207
IMPORTANT NOTICE: This e-mail, including any attachments, may be confidential, privileged or otherwise legally protected. It is intended only for the addressee. If you received this e-mail in error or from someone who was not authorized to send it to you, do not disseminate, copy or otherwise use this e-mail or its attachments. Please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and delete the e-mail from your system.
From: Office of the Attorney General - New York
Hi Abisola,
Is the attached the final determination? I received this and another email from you and one was recalled but I'm not sure which.
Thanks,
Lindsey
Lindsey S. Champlin
LATHAM & WATKINS LLP
555 Eleventh Street, NW | Suite 1000 | Washington, D.C. 20004-1304
D: +1.202.637.2122
From: Office of the Attorney General - New York
Good Evening All:
Kindly disregard my earlier email. Attached is the actual determination.
Sincerely,
Abisola Fatade, Esq.
Foil Officer (AAG) /Assistant Counsel
New York State Office of the Attorney General
Executive Office
28 Liberty Street, 23rd Floor | New York, New York 10005
Tel: (212) 416 - 6207
From: Office of the Attorney General - New York
May 18, 2023 RE: Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) Request Reference # G000076-020623 Dear Mrs. Dillon: This email is in response to the above-referenced FOIL request. The Office of the Attorney General has conducted a diligent search for the records that you have requested. Please access this request in the NYS OAG FOIL Request Center to retrieve the records that respond to your request. Please be advised that portions of the records are exempt from disclosure and have been redacted pursuant to: • Public Officers Law § 87(2)(b), because their disclosure would constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. You have a right to appeal the foregoing decision. If you elect to do so, you must appeal in writing, within 30 days, to Kathryn Sheingold, Records Appeals Officer. Your appeal can be sent by email to FOIL.Appeals@ag.ny.gov or by mail to State of New York, Office of the Attorney General, Division of Appeals and Opinions, The Capitol, Albany, New York 12224. You can reach the Records Appeals Officer by telephone at (518) 776-2009. This FOIL request is now closed. Sincerely, Abisola Fatade Assistant Attorney General
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