Judges and Judiciary
Mar. 13, 2023
Sealing, Redux
Lawyers don’t care much about sealing, because it’s easier to just agree documents are confidential to expedite discovery. Judges, on the other hand, care a lot because sealing is, at heart, the same as closing the courtroom.
Curtis E.A. Karnow
Judge (ret.)
San Francisco County Superior Court
Judge Karnow is author of "Litigation in Practice" (2017) and current co-author of Weil & Brown et al., "California Practice Guide: Civil Procedure Before Trial" (Rutter).
A decade ago I wrote an article here on sealing: https://works.bepress.com/curtis_karnow/13/. If my recent experience in San Francisco's law and motion department is a guide, it's time for an update.
Lawyers and judges spend too much time on what should be a straightforward process - or worse, they're not spending any time on it at all, and a lot of material is sealed that should n...
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