SEC Doesn’t Owe Attorneys’ Fees in Empire State Building Suit

The SEC doesn’t have to pay attorneys’ fees to a man who sought records on the Empire State Building’s inclusion in a real estate investment trust, a federal court said Feb. 12.

Richard Edelman took the Securities and Exchange Commission to court after it was slow to respond to his Freedom of Information Act requests. But the agency doesn’t owe him attorneys’ fees because he didn’t substantially prevail in his suit, according to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbiaa opinion.

Edelman sent the SEC six FOIA requests in 2014 for documents related to the creation of ...