S.2449 - Sunshine in Litigation Act of 2007

A bill to amend chapter 111 of title 28, United States Code, relating to protective orders, sealing of cases, disclosures of discovery information in civil actions, and for other purposes. view all titles (3)

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  • Official: A bill to amend chapter 111 of title 28, United States Code, relating to protective orders, sealing of cases, disclosures of discovery information in civil actions, and for other purposes. as introduced.
  • Short: Sunshine in Litigation Act of 2007 as introduced.
  • Short: Sunshine in Litigation Act of 2008 as reported to senate.

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11/25/08
PointofLaw.com | PointOfLaw Forum:...

S. 2449/H.R. 5884 (Sunshine in Litigation Act; to amend Title 28, U.S.C., relating to the protective orders, sealing of cases, and disclo...

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11/01/08
'Sunshine' Should Not Trump Privac...

... Trial Lawyers Association" to the "American Association for Justice"—and so has dubbed its proposal to make public nearly all settl...

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09/23/08
Sunshine Litigation Bill Unnecessary

... before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law. The Conference opposes HR 5884 and its companion bill i...

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09/10/08
110th Congress Committee Reports

... Rules of Evidence to Address the Waiver of the Attorney-Client Privilege and the Work Product Doctrine (Senate Report 110-264, Februa...

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07/09/08
Ending Child Labor

To review the Act, go to; http://thomas.loc.gov and type in the following Bill Number: S. 2449. Dear NAME OF YOUR SENATOR HERE: I write t...

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06/29/08
OpenCongress - U.S. Congress - H.R...

[1]; H.R.5605 Physician Payments Sunshine Act of 2008 [1]; S.2449 Sunshine in Litigation Act of 2008 [1]; H.R.5884 Sunshine in Litigation...

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05/26/08
Venezuela y Cambios Políticos: Cr...

19.05 El Senador Max Baucus (D-MT) presenta el proyecto de ley S.2449 “Ley de Reforma de las sanciones a Cuba del 2004”, que exige la...

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05/14/08
'Sunshine' Should Not Trump Privac...

... Association" to the "American Association for Justice"—and so has dubbed its proposal to make public nearly all settlement agreemen...

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03/27/08
RCFP: Senate Judiciary Committee p...

The committee unanimously passed the Sunshine in Litigation Act of 2007 (S.2449) without any discussion or objections. The act seeks to r...

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03/23/08
Unsealing Safety

This commonsense bill, the Sunshine in Litigation Act, S. 2449, would prevent federal courts from sealing court records, discovery materi...

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