The termination of litigation does not preclude a subsequent motion to intervene to modify a protective order. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California did not abuse its discretion by modifying an original protective order to place the plaintiff’s deposition in escrow rather than destroying it in accordance with the original protective order’s terms.
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In Blum v. Merrill Lynch...
