The Sunshine in Litigation Act: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Courts and Administrative Practice of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Third Congress, Second Session on S. 1404 ... April 20, 1994, Volume 4Distributed to some depository libraries in microfiche. |
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Page 4 - Upon motion by a party or by the person from whom discovery is sought, and for good cause shown, the court may make any order which justice requires to protect a party or person from annoyance, embarrassment, oppression, or undue burden or expense, including but not limited to one or more of the following: 1.
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Page 4 - ... that a trade secret or other confidential research, development, or commercial information not be disclosed or be disclosed only in a designated way...
Page 30 - These interests include legitimate interests in limiting disclosure because: pretrial depositions and interrogatories are not public components of a civil trial. Such proceedings were not open to the public at common law, Gannett Co. v. DePasoua'le. 443 US 368, 389 (1979), and, in general, they are conducted in private as a matter of modern practice.
Page 63 - As a representative of clients, a lawyer performs various functions. As advisor, a lawyer provides a client with an informed understanding of the client's legal rights and obligations and explains their practical implications. As advocate, a lawyer zealously asserts the client's position under the...
Page 31 - ... concerning matters that have a probable adverse effect upon the general public health or safety, or the administration of public office, or the operation of government.
Page 63 - ... in pretrial procedure, make a frivolous discovery request or fail to make reasonably diligent effort to comply with a legally proper discovery request by an opposing party...
Page 39 - Here again the court asked to approve the confidentiality provision of the settlement confronts a choice between the possible savings for future litigants and the interests of the current litigants in resolution of their case. In this instance the interest in respecting the desires of the current litigants seems more pressing. The court could, however, direct that the materials be retained by the producing party so that they could be available if essential to further litigation. As a guiding standard...