14 CFR § 1264.123 - Protective order.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t14/s1264.123"
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title: "14 CFR § 1264.123 - Protective order."
title_number: 14
title_name: "Aeronautics and Space"
section_number: "1264.123"
section_name: "Protective order."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
part_number: "1264"
part_name: "IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROGRAM FRAUD CIVIL PENALTIES ACT OF 1986"
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authority: "31 U.S.C. 3809, 51 U.S.C. 20113(a)."
regulatory_source: "52 FR 39498, Oct. 22, 1987, unless otherwise noted."
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# 1264.123 Protective order.

(a) A party or a prospective witness or deponent may file a motion for a protective order with respect to discovery sought by an opposing party or with respect to the hearing, seeking to limit the availability or disclosure of evidence.

(b) In issuing a protective order, the presiding officer may make any order which justice requires to protect a party or person from annoyance, embarrassment, oppression, or undue burden or expense, including one or more of the following:

(1) That the discovery not be had;

(2) That the discovery may be had only on specified terms and conditions, including a designation of the time or place;

(3) That the discovery may be had only through a method of discovery other than that requested;

(4) That certain matters not be inquired into, or that the scope of discovery be limited to certain matters;

(5) That discovery be conducted with no one present except persons designated by the presiding officer;

(6) That the contents of discovery or evidence be sealed;

(7) That a deposition after being sealed be opened only by order of the presiding officer;

(8) That a trade secret or other confidential research, development, commercial information, or facts pertaining to any criminal investigation, proceeding, or other administrative investigation not be disclosed or be disclosed only in a designated way; or

(9) That the parties simultaneously file specified documents or information enclosed in sealed envelopes to be opened as directed by the presiding officer.