STATEMENT

OF

RICHARD P. CAMPBELL, ESQUIRE

On Behalf of Lawyers for Civil Justice

Regarding COURT SECRECY

Before the

Subcommittee on Courts and Administrative Practice Committee on the Judiciary

United States Senate

May 17, 1990

I. INTRODUCTION

My name is Richard P. admitted to practice before all courts in Massachusetts,

Campbell and I am a trial lawyer

New

Jersey, Maine and Florida, district courts in New Jersey, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island and the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. shareholder in Campbell & Associates Professional

as well as the United States

I am a

Corporation,
Massachusetts.

a 32 lawyer law firm located in Cambridge, Campbell & Associates is engaged in a

wide

variety of sophisticated civil and criminal litigation, including products liability, medical and dental malpractice, aviation, toxic torts, hazardous waste and superfund matters, trade secrets, unfair trade practices, banking, trust, and shareholder disputes. A significant part of my own practice is devoted to the defense of major product liability cases on behalf of national and international manufacturers

commercial and consumer products.

of

Our firm, however,

represents plaintiffs as well as defendants;

multinational corporations.

consumers as well

as manufacturers; small businesses as well as large Personally, I have tried products liability cases in several states and currently bear responsibility for lawsuits pending in federal courts in Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut,

New

I am honored to appear before the Committee on the Judiciary of the United States Senate on behalf of Lawyers for Civil Justice, a national association of defense trial lawyers and corporate counsel, to present my views on the current state of practice and procedure in the United States district courts regarding protective orders and court sealing orders.

I believe that it is accurate to state that I have as much knowledge regarding applications for protective orders, prosecution and defense of major litigation subject to such orders, and the governing substantive and procedural rules as any lawyer practicing in the United States today. My knowledge on this subject matter derives from my personal handling of literally hundreds of major lawsuits over the years where entered

(whether by negotiated

protective orders have been agreement or by action of the court after full litigation of Such cases have included anti-trust

the relevant issues).

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price fixing, theft of trade secrets, unfair competition in the marketplace, defamation in the medical community, breach of fiduciary duties in the banking, legal, and communities, and personal injuries from allegedly defective commercial and consumer products.

In addition to practical experience with protective orders, I have written and lectured on the subject. For example, have authored several articles on this topic, including: "Protective Orders and Related Constitutional Questions,"

I. INTRODUCTION

My name is Richard P. admitted to practice before all courts in Massachusetts,

Campbell and I am a trial lawyer

Jersey, Maine and Florida,

New

as well as the United States

district courts in New Jersey, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island and the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. shareholder in Campbell & Associates Professional

I am a

Corporation,

Massachusetts.

variety of

a 32 lawyer law firm located in Cambridge,

Campbell & Associates is engaged in a wide sophisticated civil and criminal litigation,

including products liability, medical and dental malpractice, aviation, toxic torts, hazardous waste and superfund matters, trade secrets, unfair trade practices, banking, trust, and

shareholder disputes. A significant part of my own practice is devoted to the defense of major product liability cases on

behalf of national and international commercial and consumer products. represents plaintiffs as well as defendants;

manufacturers

of

Our firm, however,

consumers as well

as manufacturers; small businesses as well as large Personally, I have tried products

multinational corporations.

liability cases in several states and currently bear responsibility for lawsuits pending in federal courts in Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New

I am honored to appear before the Committee on the Judiciary of the United States Senate on behalf of Lawyers for Civil Justice, a national association of defense trial lawyers and corporate counsel, to present my views on the current state of practice and procedure in the United States district courts regarding protective orders and court sealing orders.

regarding applications for protective

lawsuits

I believe that it is accurate to state that I have as much knowledge orders, prosecution and defense of major litigation subject to such orders, and the governing substantive and procedural rules as any lawyer practicing in the United States today. My knowledge on this subject matter derives from my personal handling of literally hundreds of major over the years where protective orders have been entered (whether by negotiated agreement or by action of the court after full litigation of the relevant issues). Such cases have included anti-trust price fixing, theft of trade secrets, unfair competition in the marketplace, defamation in the medical community, breach of fiduciary duties in the banking, legal, and communities, and personal injuries from allegedly defective commercial and consumer products.

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In addition to practical experience with protective orders, I have written and lectured on the subject. For example, I have authored several articles on this topic, including: "Protective Orders and Related Constitutional Questions,"