Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure
Rule 9018 — Secret, Confidential, Scandalous, or Defamatory Matter
Fed. R. Bankr. P. 9018
Fed. R. Bankr. P. 9018 (Secret, Confidential, Scandalous, or Defamatory Matter) — published by Counsel Stack Legal Research, free access to 12M+ legal documents.
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Fed. R. Bankr. P. 9018.
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(a)IN GENERAL. On motion or on its own, the court may, with
or without notice, issue any order that justice requires to:
(1)protect the estate or any entity regarding a trade secret
or other confidential research, development, or commercial in-
formation;
(2)protect an entity from scandalous or defamatory matter
in any document filed in a bankruptcy case; or
(3)protect governmental matters made confidential by stat-
ute or regulation.
(b)MOTION TO VACATE OR MODIFY AN ORDER ISSUED WITHOUT NO-
TICE. An entity affected by an order issued under (a) without no-
tice may move to vacate or modify it. After notice and a hearing,
the court must rule on the motion.
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Advisory Committee Notes
(As amended Mar. 30, 1987, eff. Aug. 1, 1987; Apr. 2, 2024, eff. Dec. 1, 2024.)