Tempest Publishing, Inc. v. Hacienda Records and Recording Studio, Inc. et al

Filing 21

ORDER entered: Parties have until 11/30/12 to file a revised agreed protective order. (Signed by Judge Lee H Rosenthal) Parties notified.(leddins, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
HOUSTON DIVISION
TEMPEST PUBLISHING, INC.,

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Plaintiff,
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VS.
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HACIENDA RECORDS AND RECORDING §
STUDIO, INC., et al.,
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Defendants.
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CIVIL ACTION NO. H-12-736

ORDER
The parties have filed an agreed motion for a protective order. (Docket Entry No. 17).
Paragraph 10 on page 3 of the proposed order must be revised to reflect that under the case law, a
higher good-cause showing is required to file documents under seal with the court than to designate
them as confidential when they are exchanged in discovery. The paragraph must be revised to state
that when documents designated as confidential are filed with the court, they may initially be filed
under seal but will not be maintained under seal unless the party designating them as confidential
files a motion to do so. Such a motion must be filed 7 days after the filing, must show good cause
for sealing the documents, and must state whether the opposing party contests filing the documents
under seal. The parties may file a revised agreed protective order no later than November 30, 2012.
SIGNED on November 8, 2012, at Houston, Texas.

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Lee H. Rosenthal
United States District Judge