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COURT SECRECY: Shed light on safety issues

Court secrecy is an issue that has been around for a long time. But corporations are now using secrecy agreements to hide their negligence when their products have harmed and even killed unwary consumers. The dangerous practice allows irresponsible corporations to keep their products on the market at the expense of consumer safety. In Congress, legislation introduced last month called the Sunshine in Litigation Act is an important step in helping reform the broken system of court enforced secrecy.
Published Monday, April 20, 2009 10:42 AM by Law.com - National Law Journal

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