This is SOP for public procurement cases - I used to do this myself back when I was running an interim gig with a manufacturer (you really do not want to fuck this up.) If they do it right, they generously redact (shortly discussed that last year here) and in court you often get away with it. Unless you're the one suing, it isn't you, but your client that is on the hook for full compliance, but the courts are lenient because its just about what goes into the record. The judge can see everything.
FOIA responses are harder, because there the department/agency is on the hook directly. But even there, the goal is to redact as far as possible.
Or it means they work off the books.
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This is SOP for public procurement cases - I used to do this myself back when I was running an interim gig with a manufacturer (you really do not want to fuck this up.) If they do it right, they generously redact (shortly discussed that last year here) and in court you often get away with it. Unless you're the one suing, it isn't you, but your client that is on the hook for full compliance, but the courts are lenient because its just about what goes into the record. The judge can see everything.
FOIA responses are harder, because there the department/agency is on the hook directly. But even there, the goal is to redact as far as possible.