‘Blanket’ Protective Order In Farmworkers’ Suit Found Restrictive By 9th Circuit

( July 18, 2025, 11:28 AM EDT) -- SEATTLE — A protective order issued by a trial court in a forced labor class action is overly restrictive, a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled, because of the “presumptively public” nature of discovery and the lack of good cause to prevent the plaintiffs’ counsel from using the discovered items in similar worker advocacy matters....