PDFWAC 162-08-096
Protective orders.
(1) Upon motion by a party or by the person from whom information is sought pursuant to WAC 162-08-09501, and for good cause shown, the chairperson of the commission may make any order which justice requires to protect a party or person from annoyance, embarrassment, oppression, or undue burden or expense caused by revealing private information, or trade secrets, including all orders a court can make under CR 26(c).
(2) If a motion for a protective order is denied in whole or in part, the chairperson may, on such terms and conditions as are just, order that any party or person provide or permit information to be revealed subject to the provisions of WAC 162-08-097.
(3) The chairperson may, on such terms and conditions as are just, grant a protective order sealing the produced documents pursuant to WAC 162-04-035.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 49.60.120(3). WSR 89-23-020, § 162-08-096, filed 11/7/89, effective 12/8/89; Order 35, § 162-08-096, filed 9/2/77.]