A disbarred corporate lawyer who pleaded guilty last year to money laundering and conspiracy to commit securities fraud cannot keep his entire sentencing memorandum under seal just because it contains personal and medical information, Eastern District Judge Nicholas Garaufis (See Profile) has ruled. Attorneys for Martin Weisberg, an ex-Baker & McKenzie partner, sought to have his sentencing memorandum filed under seal owing to the "highly personal information" it contained, they said in court papers.
But prosecutors objected to keeping the whole memorandum under wraps. During a March 15 court appearance, Assistant U.S. Attorney Ilene Jaroslaw said Weisberg’s assertions in his memorandum could play a role in whether third parties decided to file victim impact statements. She asked that filing be put on the public record with only personal and medical information redacted. Garaufis granted the government’s request.
