In Re Motions of Dow Jones & Co.

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• explaining that identical language in Rule 6(e)(5) requires courts to open judicial hearings ancillary to grand jury affairs to the public whenever consistent with grand jury secrecy
• noting that the media was able to receive “non-protected details about what transpired before the court”
• holding that individual’s “identity as a person subpoenaed to appear before the grand jury” is not protected under Rule 6(e), “not because of press reports relying on unnamed sources, but because [the individual]’s attorney decided to reveal this fact to the public.”
• noting that Local Criminal Rule 6.1 “appears to mean only that, as an initial matter, all proceedings relating to the grand jury shall be closed, subject to an order opening the proceedings”
• noting that where grand jury witness’s attorney “virtually proclaimed from the rooftops that his client had been subpoenaed,” this fact “lost its character as Rule 6(e) material” (internal quotation marks omitted)
• noting that where grand jury witness’s attorney “virtually proclaimed from the rooftops that his client had been subpoenaed,”.this fact “lost its character as Rule 6(e) material” (internal quotation marks omitted)

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