 |  _ | Confidential Discovery: A Pocket Guide on Protective Orders
Robert Timothy Reagan,
2012 (Publication) 21 pages
Among the reasons that courts issue protective orders in both civil and criminal cases is to keep discovery confidential on a showing of good cause. Experience has proved confidentiality protective orders to grease the wheels of discovery in many cases. The protective orders discussed in this ...(Read more) |
| _ | Sealing Court Records and Proceedings: A Pocket Guide
Robert Timothy Reagan,
2010 (Publication) 26 pages
Court case records and proceedings are presumptively public, but occasionally there are compelling reasons for keeping all or parts of them confidential, sometimes permanently but often only temporarily. This pocket guide summarizes the case law on sealing records and proceedings and presents a ...(Read more) |
| _ | Social Security Numbers in Federal Court Documents
George Cort, Joe Cecil,
2010 (Publication) 13 pages
Memorandum to the Privacy Subcommittee of the Judicial Conference Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure (April 5, 2010) |
| _ | Sealed Settlement Agreements in Federal District Court
Robert Timothy Reagan, Shannon R. Wheatman, Marie Leary, Natacha Blain, Steven S. Gensler, George Cort, Dean Miletich,
2004 (Publication) 165 pages
An examination of 288,846 federal district court cases revealed 1,270 cases that appeared to have sealed settlement agreements, for a sealed settlement rate of less than one half of one percent. In 97% of the cases with sealed settlements the complaint was not under seal. This research was ...(Read more) |