Courtesy copies are required for sealed documents. Details: delivery immediately upon filing, by email. Courtesy copies of all sealed documents must be immediately emailed to chambers, with encrypted email allowed for sealed documents.
The rule identifies required filing content or certificates. Joint certification confirming all counsel understand, have complied, and will comply with the order must be filed within 3 days of the order date.
The rule does not state that a motion to seal is required for the covered filing process. No document-by-document preauthorization is required to file under seal in most cases; preauthorization is required if counsel cannot consistently follow the Avandia standard.
Courtesy copies of all sealed documents must be immediately emailed to chambers, with encrypted email allowed for sealed documents.
All ECF filings, especially sealed documents, must be labeled with ECF descriptions to ensure docket text accurately reflects contents.
No document-by-document preauthorization is required to file under seal in most cases; preauthorization is required if counsel cannot consistently follow the Avandia standard.
Joint certification confirming all counsel understand, have complied, and will comply with the order must be filed within 3 days of the order date.