"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"

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"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"

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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…

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