The case of Allscripts Healthcare, LLC v. DR/Decision Resources, LLC, d/b/a Decision Resources Group ["DRG"], No. 19-11038-NMG, 2020 WL 837444 (D. Mass. February 20, 2020), is a contract dispute. The defendant, DRG, wanted to tighten the confidentiality of one document beyond even the stipulated protective order that the parties had already obtained in that case. DRG wanted to "enhance" the existing protective order to bar review of one document by the plaintiff's in-house counsel and limit review strictly to the plaintiff's "outside counsel."
The District Judge's resolution of this matter was clear and succinct:
A party to a stipulated protective order seeking to modify the order must demonstrate good cause for modification. [Citation omitted.] DRG fails to proffer a persuasive reason for its speculation that Allscripts’ attorneys, who are officers of the Court and bound by the Protective Order, would flout their duty and disclose to Allscripts’ employees information labeled as “Confidential-Attorneys’ Eyes Only” in violation of the Protective Order.
Accordingly, DRG’s motion to enhance the Protective Order will be denied.
Allscripts, 2020 WL 837444, at *4-*5.
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