If so, should that be because his "stellar reputation is a critical component to ensuring the public's trust for him to operate on their children for complex procedures"?
but the minors involved (including the accused students) will be pseudonymized.
"[I]f the purported falsity of the complaint's allegations were sufficient to seal an entire case, then the law would recognize a presumption to seal instead of a presumption of openness."
Four courts have recently said yes, in cases brought by conservative Muslims and Christians.
"Given the charged atmosphere concerning vaccinations and vaccine mandates, and for the other reasons discussed above, the Court is persuaded that this is the rare case where a party should be permitted to proceed pseudonymously."
“UNOS’s reasoning boils down to a desire to keep indiscreet communications out of the public eye, which is not enough to satisfy our standard for good cause.”
"Plaintiff is an adult who chose to enter the political arena and now to file this litigation, asserting claims against Defendant as a result of Defendant's alleged statements and activities concerning Plaintiff and Plaintiff's political campaign."
Be concrete and specific enough to pass the high bar needed to defeat the presumption of open access—and get it right the first time.
The unusually named case is Doe v. Anonymous #1, now pending in Brooklyn state trial court.
Supportive letters submitted by the defendant at sentencing can’t remain secret.
"regardless whether the motion [to seal] is opposed or unopposed."
“Evidence about Penn’s treatment of other tenure candidates will be at the heart of the parties’ arguments.”
An interesting prior restraint case now being litigated in the Hawaii Supreme Court.
despite the argument that, “because she ‘defends federal agencies against employment discrimination claims,’ she may ‘make legal arguments that differ from the ones she has made and makes as an AUSA,’” so “proceeding under pseudonym will allow her ‘to make such arguments without the concern that opposing counsel will be able to identify her and/or her filings that take or may take a different legal position.’”
"The extreme emotions on both sides of this debate make likely the risk of ridicule and mental or physical harm to the parents in this suit—but more concerning—to their minor children."
"Bronx Conservatory does not cite (and this Court has not found) any case, in this jurisdiction or elsewhere, in which an employer accused of sexual harassment has succeeded in sealing the pleading containing that accusation on any of the grounds asserted here."
"Bartolotti alleges that 'anytime you search [his] name on [the internet, he is] affiliated with this case,' which 'has affected [his] personal and professional lives [and] has become a safety issue at times as well.'"
