The U.S. Supreme Court has decided not to adopt a procedural rule to limit the number of civil cases under seal. The Court wants to rely on a new Judicial Conference policy encouraging federal judges to limit the number of sealed cases.
The Reporter Committee for Freedom of the Press had suggested the rule citing the lack of uniform standards used by lower courts for sealing cases from public view. -db
From The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, November 8, 2011, by Kirsten Berg.