United States Second Circuit

The presumption in favor of disclosure is the appropriate standard for a court in deciding whether to modify or vacate a protective order it has entered in a civil lawsuit for deposition testimony, where the deponents did not expect the testimony to be confidential at the time of the deposition.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/22/2001
• Decided 11/29/2001
• Published 11/29/2001

Judges

• JOSÉ A. CABRANES, Circuit Judge., Before:  CABRANES, F.I. PARKER, and SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Richard L. Klein, Thomas H. Golden, Charles J. Glasser, Jr., Willkie Farr & Gallagher, New York, NY, for Amicus Curiae Bloomberg L.P.


• For Appellees:
  
• Debra M. Torres (Harvey L. Pitt, Daniel E. Loeb, on the brief), Jay Majors, Laura Sulem, Counsel, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, New York, NY, for Third-Party Defendant-Appellant New York Stock Exchange, Inc., Robert L. Raskopf, White & Case LLP, New York, NY, for Intervenor-Plaintiff-Appellee TheStreet.Com.