Attorney-at-Law

SO YA WANT A RULE 103 PROTECTIVE ORDER?

In Uncategorized on 07/23/2026 at 13:25

Well, practitioner, you’ve come to the right place, because Judge Travis A. (“Tag”) Greaves can give you one prêt à porter if you intone or inscribe the magic language indited by Amy Sanders, Esq., Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary of Avient Corporation and Subsidiaries, Docket No. 2890-25, filed 7/23/26.

And to save y’all the trouble of looking it up and typing, here it is to cut-and-paste at no extra charge.

“Ms. Sanders avers that petitioner maintains stringent protections for confidential information and has undertaken significant efforts to prevent the disclosure of competitive information, trade secrets, and proprietary information. The declaration further states that records relating to the activities of petitioner’s Board of Directors are strictly confidential and are subject to multiple layers of safeguards to prevent disclosure. Finally, the declaration explains that disclosure of petitioner’s board materials, strategic business information, merger and acquisition analyses, financial and market analyses, trade secrets, third-party agreements, and confidential human resources data would provide competitors with a competitive advantage and would cause irreparable harm to petitioner.” Order, at p. 1. 

Judge Tag Greaves, ever mindful of his Senate confirmation promise to “make every effort to balance the need to help these taxpayers understand the court’s rules and procedures with my duty to remain independent and impartial,” gives Amy and the Avients the green light.

“After careful review of the declaration submitted in support of petitioner’s motion, we conclude that petitioner has established good cause for protecting the categories of information identified in the proposed discovery protective order. Petitioner has established through competent declaration testimony that disclosure of its proprietary information could result in competitive and economic harm.” Order, at p. 2. Good job, Amy.

There follows seven (count ’em, seven) pages of a total Rule 103 blitz.

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