“Too Often,” Requests to Seal Are “Granted Because It Is Easier to Leave Something Sealed Than It Is to Explain Why It Should Be Unsealed”
From Tuesday’s decision by Judge Richard Seeborg (N.D. Cal.) in In re: Xyrem (Sodium Oxybate) Antitrust Litigation:
In the course of this complex and hard-fought multidistrict litigation, the parties have moved to seal some component of nearly every motion they filed. Too often, in this case and others, such requests are granted because it is easier to leave something sealed than it is to explain why it should be unsealed. As a result, the records of the federal judiciary are replete with documents that the public cannot
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