Anderson Kill & Olick, P.C., representing Sprint Corporation, recently defeated an attempt by a non-party to modify a protective order in AT&T Corp. v. Sprint Corporation, et al.

The non-party, a plaintiff in a separate, but related class action lawsuit, had sought documents produced during discovery in the District Court action for use in the companion case on grounds that, among other things, these documents were judicial documents to which there was public access. Based on AKO’s arguments, the Second Circuit rejected Plaintiff’s position, enforced the protective order and denied the Plaintiff access to the documents. The documents were not found to be judicial documents, and the Court held that it was "presumptively unfair for courts to modify protective orders which assume confidentiality and upon which the parties have relied." The Court further held the Plaintiff could not establish a basis for permissive intervention in the Southern District proceeding.Click here to view this decision.For more information, please contact:Carol A. UeckermanCommunications/Marketing Manager(212) 278-1339cueckerman@andersonkill.com