Legal Opinion
Siedle v. Putnam Investments, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 18, 1998No. 98-1109PublishedCited by 130 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
Like competing centrifugal and centripetal forces, the presumptive right of public access to judicial records and the duty of confidentiality that an attorney owes to a former client push and pull in this appeal. Reconciling these important interests, we hold that the district court abused its discretion when it summarily unsealed all the filings in an action brought by a lawyer against his former client.
I. BACKGROUND
Defendant-appellant Putnam Investments, Inc. (Putnam) operates a large, multifaceted financial services business. It employed plaintiff-appellee Edward A.H.…
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