“Here is the Protective Order the various parties were talking
about at the oral arguments in the SCO v. IBM lawsuit on Friday the
5th. Thanks to Thomas Frayne for transcribing it. You can read the
legal definition of ‘protective order’ here.“Sometimes persons who are not parties to a lawsuit, typically
the press, feel they have an interest in contesting a protective
order. Here is an example of an instance where tons of folks
opposed a motion for a protective order to close depositions and
bar Internet posting of testimony in Universal v. Reimerdes. In
that case, the court worked out a way to allow the public to have
access to the information after a few days and to post it online,
although the media was not allowed to be present during the
depositions…”