The Secrecy in Courts Dilemma
Sarah Isgur and David French are joined by Vince Chhabria, a judge for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, and Stanford professor Nora Engstrom to discuss the incredibly high number of motions granted to seal documents and the line between secrecy and protecting the public interest. They also discuss three new cases that SCOTUS added to its oral argument docket and Big Law red flags.
The Agenda:
–Shout out to our Antarctica fans
–Does FOIA apply to DOGE?
–Cooking up material support for terrorism
–Why sealed filings should be rare
–Welcome to Big Law, son
Order…
The skinny
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