Kassman v. KPMG LLP

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK DONNA KASSMAN, et al., : Plaintiffs, : 11 Civ. 3743 (LGS) -against- : : ORDER KPMG LLP., : Defendants. : LORNA G. SCHOFIELD, District Judge: WHEREAS, on October 14, 2020, Defendant filed a motion to redact and seal portions of Exhibit A to the Proposed Order filed at Docket Nos. 945 and 946; WHEREAS, on October 16, 2020, the Court ordered Plaintiffs to file, by October 20, 2020, any responsive letter in opposition to Defendant’s motion to redact and seal (Dkt. No. 947); WHEREAS, no such letter in opposition was filed; it is hereby ORDERED that, Plaintiffs’ motion to seal is GRANTED. The unredacted version of Exhibit A (Dkt. No. 946) will remain sealed, and only the parties and individuals identified in the attached appendix will have access. Although “[t]he common law right of public access to judicial documents is firmly rooted in our nation’s history,” this right is not absolute, and courts “must balance competing considerations against” the presumption of access. Lugosch v. Pyramid Co. of Omondaga, 435 F.3d 110, 119-20 (2d Cir. 2006) (internal quotation marks omitted); see also Nixon v. Warner Commce’ns., Inc., 435 U.S. 589, 599 (1978) (“[T]he decision as to access is one best left to the sound discretion of the trial court, a discretion to be exercised in light of the relevant facts and circumstances of the particular case.”). Filing the above-referenced document in redacted form is necessary to prevent the unauthorized dissemination of confidential business information.

Dated: October 21, 2020 New York, New York LORNA G. SCHOFIEL UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE APPENDIX Pursuant to Individual Rule I.D.3, KPMG identifies below all parties and attorneys of record who should have access to the sealed document: Plaintiffs Kelly Dermody Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP(SF) Battery Street, 30th Floor San Francisco, CA 94111-3339 (415) 956 1000 (415) 956 1008 (fax) [email protected] Rachel Geman Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP (NY) [email protected] Michelle Lamy Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP (SF) mlamy@I|chb.com Michael Ian Levin-Gesundheit Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP(SF) mlevin@|chb.com Anne B. Shaver Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP (SF) [email protected] Tiseme Gabriella Zegeye Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP (SF) [email protected] Conor Daniel Ahern Sanford Heisler Sharp LLP (DC) Pennsylvania Ave. SE Suite 300 Washington, DC 20003 202-499-5208 202-499-5199 (fax) [email protected] Saba Bireda Sanford Heisler Sharp, LLP (DC) [email protected] Jeremy Heisler Sanford Heisler Sharp, LLP (NYC) [email protected] Thomas J Henderson Sanford Heisler Sharp, LLP (DC) [email protected] Katie Mueting Sanford Heisler Sharp, LLP (DC) [email protected] Shaun Rosenthal Sanford Heisler Sharp, LLP (DC) [email protected] David W. Sanford Sanford Heisler Sharp, LLP (DC) [email protected] Jennifer Siegel Sanford Heisler Sharp, LLP (NYC) [email protected] Leigh Anne St. Charles Sanford Heisler Sharp, LLP (Nashville) [email protected] Defendant KPMG LLP Peter O. Hughes Ogletree Deakins Madison Avenue Suite 400 Morristown, NJ 07960 973-656-1600 973-656-1611 (fax) [email protected] Stephanie Lauren Aranyos Ogletree Deakins (NYC) [email protected] Chris R. Pace Ogletree Deakins (Kansas City) [email protected] Diane Marjorie Saunders Ogletree Deakins (Boston) [email protected] Colleen M. Kenney Sidley Austin LLP One S. Dearborn St. Chicago, IL 60603 (312) 853-7000 (312) 853-7036 (fax) [email protected] Eric G. Hoffman Sidley Austin LLP (NY) [email protected] Wendy M. Lazerson Sidley Austin LLP (Palo Alto) [email protected] John Gerson Levi Sidley Austin LLP (Chicago) [email protected] Melanie Elizabeth Walker Sidley Austin LLP (Chicago) [email protected]