Attorneys on both sides are under a gag order, leaving case watchers to divine tactics from court documents.

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While the "ag-gag" laws are primarily designed to have impact within the US, many feel they will also have an impact outside the country.

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Increasingly, patients checking in to see doctors are being asked to sign a gag order, promising never to say anything negative about their physician online or elsewhere.

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Gag orders at this stage in the proceedings are rare, though not unprecedented.

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Not that Brazilians are any less passionate about human life, but what a gag!

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They argue the leak violated a gag order and could weaken the credibility of those officials if they are called to testify in a trial.

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The defense argues the leak violated a gag order and could weaken the credibility of those officials if they are called to testify in a trial.

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