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Article: In the dock: public v. private: Burkle seeks seal on divorce papers based on security.(Up Front)(Ron Burkle)
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- Los Angeles Business Journal
- Article date:
- January 17, 2005
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Privacy protections and public access are on a collision course in the current court battle over whether the financial documents in billionaire Ron Burkle's divorce case should remain open.
Lawyers for media organizations are objecting to a new state statute that went into effect last summer because they say it oversteps previous protections. The law allows either spouse in a divorce to seal documents outlining assets and liabilities, something Burkle's attorneys have repeatedly attempted to do. Attorneys representing his wife, Janet Burkle, argue that the law is unconstitutional.
Susan Seager, an attorney representing the Los Angeles Times and the ...