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Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Protective Order Battle Could Undermine Trump's Effective Defense

A battle is heating up in the Jan. 6 criminal case against former President Donald Trump that, while seemingly technical, will likely have a significant impact on the defendant’s ability to mount a defense. It may well serve...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Signed, Sealed, Delivered

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Under Section 216.1(a) of the Uniform Rules for Trial Courts (“Section 216.1(a)”), courts are authorized to seal documents “upon a written finding of good cause, which shall specify the grounds thereof.” Section 216.1(a)...more

EDRM - Electronic Discovery Reference Model

DOJ’s Confidential Report Leaked in Trump v US

[Editor’s Note: This post was originally published on Ralph Losey’s e-Discovery Team® blog 10/5/2022, reposted with permission and our thanks.] NOTICE OF STATUS OF PRIVILEGE REVIEW TEAM’S FILTER PROCESS AND PRODUCTION OF...more

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Business Court Now Requiring More To Keep Documents Under Seal

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Where parties seek to keep certain documents they have filed under seal and out of the public eye, the Business Court now requires proof that disclosing the information would harm the parties or others before it will agree to...more

Mintz - Securities Litigation Viewpoints

Judge Rakoff Unseals Documents in Petrobras Securities Class Action To Allow Use in Foreign Arbitration, Bypassing Traditional...

Years after Plaintiffs brought a federal securities complaint against Petrobras, and more than a year after the case settled for approximately $3 billion, Judge Jed S. Rakoff of the United States District Court for the...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The E-Discovery Digest - June 2017

The seventh edition of The E-Discovery Digest focuses on recent decisions addressing the scope and application of the attorney-client privilege and work-product doctrine, spoliation, and discovery responses....more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Your Stipulated Protective Order May Not Provide As Much Protection As You Expect

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In a growing number of courts, a negotiated protective order entered for discovery purposes will not protect litigants’ confidential information from public disclosure. Stipulated protective orders are commonly used...more

Butler Snow LLP

Don’t Assume A Strong Discovery Protective Order Means Your Client’s Confidential Information Will Not End Up in the Public Record

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The scenario is pretty common. A company is served with a subpoena duces tecum in a lawsuit to which it isn’t a party. Among the categories of documents requested are some that clearly include information the non-party...more

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Sixth Circuit Lifts the Lid On Pre-Approved Filings Under Seal

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Any thought that the Sixth Circuit’s June decision regarding filings under seal in Shane Group, Inc. v. BlueCross Blue Shield of Michigan, 825 F.3d 299 (6th Cir. 2016), might be narrowly construed based upon the nature of the...more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

Xarelto’s Approval by the FDA

The controversy over Xarelto’s approval by the FDA and alleged irregularities in the conduct of the ROCKET-AF clinical trial continue to hang over the heads of Bayer and Janssen (a division of Johnson & Johnson), the...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Penalty! The California Court of Appeal Calls Foul on the NCAA’s Attempt to Seal Records of the USC/Reggie Bush Investigation

In a significant victory for open court filings, the California Court of Appeal rejected an effort by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (“NCAA”) to seal 400 pages of documents in a dispute between the NCAA and a...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

7th Cir. Confirms Protections for Sealing Parties' Confidential Documents

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A common concern for business litigants is protecting legitimately confidential matter contained in documents produced during discovery from dissemination to non-parties. The Supreme Court’s decision in Seattle Times Co. v....more

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New Washington Supreme Court Opinion Makes Pre-Decisional Case Records Easier to Seal

In a substantial narrowing of the public’s ability to review court files, the Washington Supreme Court has held there is no constitutional right of access to any case record unless and until the record becomes “relevant to a...more

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