Rule 70. Public Access to Information
Arizona Revised Statutes AnnotatedRules of the Supreme Court of ArizonaEffective: January 1, 2020
Effective: January 1, 2020
A.R.S. Sup.Ct.Rules, Rule 70
Rule 70. Public Access to Information
(d) Disclosure by Others. Unless otherwise ordered by the committee, the presiding disciplinary judge, a hearing panel, or this court, nothing in these rules shall prohibit the complainant, respondent, or any witness from disclosing the existence of proceedings under these rules or from disclosing any documents or correspondence served on or provided to those persons.
(g) Sealing the Record/Protective Orders. Upon request by a party or by a person from whom the information or evidence was obtained, or upon a request by an interested non-party or the presiding disciplinary judge's own initiative, and for good cause shown, the presiding disciplinary judge may issue an order in any matter, sealing a portion of the record and/or state bar file and taking other measures to assure the confidentiality of the sealed information. Material sealed shall remain confidential notwithstanding that the remaining record in the matter is made public. Sealed material shall be opened and viewed only by the committee, the presiding disciplinary judge, a hearing panel, the board or the court for use by such body and the parties in pending proceedings, and otherwise only upon notice to and an opportunity to be heard by the parties and the witness or other person who is the subject of the information. A party aggrieved by an order relating to a request for a protective order may seek review by filing a petition for special action with the court.
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Added June 9, 2003, effective Dec. 1, 2003. Amended and effective Jan. 20, 2005. Amended Sept. 16, 2008, effective Jan. 1, 2009; June 30, 2010, effective Jan. 1, 2011; Sept. 2, 2010, effective Jan. 1, 2011; Aug. 30, 2012, effective Jan. 1, 2013; Aug. 27, 2019, effective Jan. 1, 2020.
17A Pt. 2 A. R. S. Sup. Ct. Rules, Rule 70, AZ ST S CT Rule 70
State Court Rules are current with amendments received through April 1, 2024. The Code of Judicial Administration is current with amendments received through April 1, 2024.
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