Shared Reviews in Acrobat 9 Never End if File Kept Open

It appears that an Acrobat Pro 9 shared review does not really end until everyone has closed the document, even if the deadline has already passed.
Here are the details:
1. Using Acrobat 9 Pro I created a shared review that is hosted on a local network share
2. I select to email each participant a copy of the PDF as an attachement
3. Each participant is using Acrobat 9 pro
4. As the initiator I can either set a deadline or use the end review now option
5. Participants are notified the review has ended and are told to publish their comments (in the bar on top)
6. Participants press the publish button, their comments are published, and the Publish button greys out
7. If the participants keep the document open, they can just make any other comment or markup and the Publish button enables again. They can publish the new comments. This will happen as long as they keep the document open - minutes or even hours after the review has ended.
8. As the initiator, if I close the document and reopen it, I automatically see all comments, even those made after the review has ended
9. The only way a participant is stopped from commenting is if they close the document and reopen it. At this point they can no longer publish any comments.
So it appears every participant MUST close the document in Acrobat - something that is very hard to guarentee.
Any suggestions?
Thanks!

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