The Supreme Court has agreed to rule on whether Corporations have "personal privacy"; a decision that will have significant consequences for corporate law. The case involves AT&T, which is attempting to stop the release of government documents that it believes infringe on the company’s privacy rights. the Obama adminstration is challanging the ruling that allows corporations to invoke a provision in a federal document-disclosure law that protects against invasions of “personal privacy,” claiming that the most natural meaning of “personal” covers only individuals. AT&T, however, is claiming that corporations ought to have their privacy protected because they, like individuals, can suffer stigma from involvement in investigations.

If the Supreme Court upholds the appeals courts' definition of "personal" as including corporations, this will lead to "a much more sweeping protection of company documents” according to Charles Davis, a professor at the University of Missouri.

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