Metallverken Nederland B.V. v. United States

DiCarlo, Judge:

Plaintiffs move for clarification of the terms of a stipulation and protective order (SPO) which grants limited access to confidential business information. The issue is whether attorneys can be granted access to confidential information without formally signing the SPO. The Court finds that attorneys who have not signed the SPO are not "authorized personnel” under paragraph 6 or 7 of the SPO, and holds that each attorney given access to confidential information should sign the SPO, which will be submitted to other parties for signature and to the Court for approval.

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