On April 25, 2012, a Connecticut federal district court resolved an unfair competition discovery dispute concerning an alleged April Fool’s Day website post and bulk e-mail that the plaintiff claimed decreased attendance at a competitor’s conference. U.S. Magistrate Judge Joan Margolis ruled HR consulting firm SharedExpertise Media, LLC’s motion for an “attorneys’ eyes only” protective order to safeguard the identity of certain customers and prospects should only be granted [pdf] as to “customers, registrants, or e-mail recipients who have not been openly identified through resort to defendant’s websites.”
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