UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS
STANDING ORDER RE: DEFAULT
PROTECTIVE ORDER IN COMPLEX CASES
September 6, 2017
SOROKIN, D.J.
In complex cases, a protective order often is necessary to preserve the
confidentiality of documents and information produced in discovery.
Unless and until the parties propose and the court adopts a stipulated
protective order (or the parties present competing proposals for the court’s
decision), the following default protective order will be imposed in such
cases:
Documents and information that either party in good faith believes are
confidential may be produced in discovery with the designation
“Confidential Pursuant to the Court’s Default PO.” Unless and until such
designation is altered or removed by the parties’ agreement or by court order,
a so-designated document may be accessed only by the parties’ outside
counsel and the Court.
SO ORDERED.
/s/ Leo T. Sorokin
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
