In an appeal from a Massachusetts district court’s order modifying a protective order issued by a Maryland District Court to allow disclosure of a nonparty witness’s identity, the order is affirmed where: 1) the Massachusetts court did not enter any order intending to control the authority of the Maryland court to manage discovery and the litigation; and 2) the witness’s speech at issue was commercial speech and subject to a substantial governmental interest in disclosure.
Read Lefkoe v. Jos. A. Bank Clothiers, No. 08-2059
Appellate Information
Argued: May 15, 2009
Decided: August 13, 2009
Judges
Opinion by Judge Niemeyer
Counsel
For Appellant:
Russell Beck, Foley & Lardner, LLP, Boston, MA
For Appellee:
Michael Broughton MacWilliams, Venable, LLP, Baltimore, MD
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