Chiquita To High Court:  Identity-Masking Protective Order Properly Modified

Mealey's (August 11, 2021, 9:35 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The trial court in a long-running multidistrict litigation accusing Chiquita Brands International Inc. of aiding terrorists in Colombia correctly modified a protective order that had permitted some of the plaintiffs to proceed anonymously, the banana company states in an Aug. 6 brief in the U.S. Supreme Court opposing a petition for certiorari in which the anonymous parties seek clarification as to whether the party seeking to modify a discovery protective order bears the burden to show that good cause exists to do so....