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COMES v. MICROSOFT CORP.

No. 07-2063.

775 N.W.2d 302 (2009)

Joe COMES, Riley Paint, Inc., an Iowa Corporation, Skeffington's Formal Wear of Iowa, Inc., an Iowa Corporation, and Patricia Anne Larsen, Appellees, v. MICROSOFT CORPORATION, a Washington Corporation, Appellant, and Pro-Sys Consultants, Ltd., Neil Godfrey, K.L. & K. (London) Ltd., Marian Staresinic, and Marc Lefrancois, Intervenors-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

November 20, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brent B. Green and Kirk W. Bainbridge of Duncan, Green, Brown & Langeness P.C., Des Moines, David B. Tulchin, Joseph E. Neuhaus, and Sharon L. Nelles, of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, New York, and Richard J. Wallis and Steven J. Aeschbacher, Redmond, Washington, for appellant.

Mark L. Tripp of Bradshaw, Fowler, Proctor & Fairgrave, P.C., Des Moines, for intervenors-appellees.

Richard M. Hagstrom of Zelle, Hofmann, Voelbel, Mason & Gette LLP, Minneapolis, Minnesota, for appellees.

HECHT, Justice.

Parties to litigation pending against Microsoft in Canadian courts sought to intervene in this case for the purpose of obtaining access to documents and data produced pursuant to a protective order. The district court granted the Canadian plaintiffs' motion to intervene and modified the protective order to allow the Canadians the access they requested subject to the order's terms of confidentiality. Upon our review of the district court's ruling, we...

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