MBE Rules · Civil Procedure
Rule 26(c) — protective orders
FRCP 26(c)
The rule
For good cause, a court may issue a protective order to shield a party or person from annoyance, embarrassment, oppression, or undue burden or expense. Available limitations include forbidding disclosure, specifying terms, prescribing an alternative discovery method, limiting scope, sealing depositions, or requiring trade secrets be revealed only in a designated way. A movant must certify a good-faith meet-and-confer.
In plain English
The tool for reigning in oppressive discovery. Requires the meet-and-confer certification — a common trap.
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