Treatment of Non-Public Materials and Information at Oral Argument

Appellate arguments are public hearings. Parties must take reasonable steps to avoid disclosing non-public materials or information at oral argument. Such steps include referring to people whose identities are non-public information by their initials or description rather than by name or describing confidential information in terms of its specific location in the separately designated confidential addendum without disclosing the information itself. (Added effective April 1, 2025.)