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Divorce Records Increasingly Sealed to Protect …The Corporation

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Courts across the country are increasingly considering and granting third party requests to seal records in divorce cases. The requests come from corporations seeking to protect their trade secrets or financial information, according to a National Law Journal report. A driving factor is the availability of court records on the Internet – 30 states now allow some degree of electronic access. (11/18/05)

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