Danco Laboratories, Ltd. v. Chemical Works of Gedeon Richter, Ltd.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Tom, J.
This proceeding was brought by the Washington Post Company as intervener in the underlying action. The Post’s intervention arises from its journalistic interest in obtaining information from court records regarding the possible distribution and sale in the United States of the controversial so-called abortion pill, RU-486. The information has obvious newsworthy qualities, as can be seen from the brief summary below, but its disclosure purportedly will reveal trade secrets and the identities of persons who then may be targeted for harassment or violence. For these…
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