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Are courts making it impossible to guarantee trade secrets will not be disclosed upon filing of litigation? In a recent case, Binh Hoa Le v. ExeterFin.Corp., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (covering Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas) ruled that courts should take a more studied approach to allowing sealed records in trade secret proceedings, and a number of courts throughout the United States have quickly agreed. In fact, several district courts have already demanded litigants provide more explanation and legal authority before entering an order to seal documents that are filed. In late April, one federal court in Louisiana went so far as to opine that “the parties are warned that trial exhibits and trial testimony will be available to the public and will not be sealed
Herman: A judge warns his fellow judges
We lost a Twitter treasure (yes, such a species exists) when Texas Supreme Court Justice Don Willett was elevated to the federal bench in January 2018 and decided tweeting was below his esteemed station.
All’s the pity because Willett’s wit provided a needed respite from the all-to-often vitriol spit out on Twitter. For his efforts, the Texas House honored him as our state’s first (and still only) Twitter Laureate. Willett had regaled us with amusing tweets about his profession, his family and such important ponderables as this one that was among his last tweets in December 2017: