Going through the L. Jean Carroll docket, I came across this bit from the SDNY jury instructions where the foreperson has to "clutch the envelope [with the completed verdict form] to your heart" when returning it to the courtroom.

(Both sides included the same language in their proposed instructions.)

@mattblaze

I suspect that’s to prevent anyone getting a scoop, reading the verdict with a zoom lens. But I’d think an envelope would solve that problem.