Taboola, Inc. v. Ezoic Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK

TABOOLA, INC., Plaintiff, 17 Civ. 9909 (PAE) (KNF) -v- ORDER EZOIC INC. and DWAYNE LAFLEUR, Defendants.

PAUL A. ENGELMAYER, District Judge: The Court has received a request by counsel to redact, from public filings, substantial portions of their filings on the pending motions for summary judgment. See Dkt. 141. The parties’ sealing requests are extremely overbroad and are denied. The Court directs counsel, by p.m. on Friday, July 2, 2021, either to publicly file all such materials without any redactions, or to propose far less sweeping redactions, consistent with the limited purposes for which sealing is proper. See Lugosch v. Pyramid Co. of Onondaga, 435 F.3d 110, 120 (2d Cir. 2006) (“In addition to the common law right of access, it is well established that the public and the press have a qualified First Amendment right to attend judicial proceedings and to access certain judicial documents.” (quotations omitted)); PDV Sweeny, Inc. v. ConocoPhillips Co., No. 14 Civ. 5183 (AJN), 2014 WL 4979316, at *2 (S.D.N.Y. Oct. 6, 2014) (“Where this First Amendment right of access applies, sealing is appropriate only if ‘on the record findings are made demonstrating that closure is essential to preserve higher values and is narrowly tailored to serve that interest.’” (quoting Lugosch, 435 F.3d at 120)).

SO ORDERED. ____________________________ Paul A. Engelmayer United States District Judge Dated: July 1, 2021 New York, New York