Spectrum Dynamics Medical Limited v. General Electric Company

LHOMPSON ATLANTA CINCINNATI COLUMBUS NEW YORK HIN E CHICAGO CLEVELAND DAYTON WASHINGTON, D.C, USDC SDNY DOCUMENT ELECTRONICALLY FILED August 12, 2021 DOC #: DATE FILED: 08/18/2021 VIA ECF ————— Hon. Katharine H. Parker United States Magistrate Judge Southern District of New York APPLICATION GRANTED Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse y Pearl Street □□□ New York, New York 10007 Hon. Katharine H. Parker, U.S.A 08/18/2021 Re: Spectrum Dynamics Medical Limited v. General Electric Company, et al., Case No.: 18-cv-11386 (VSB) Dear Judge Parker: We write on behalf of Defendants General Electric Company, et al. (“Defendants”) pursuant to Your Honor’s Individual Rule of Practice III(d), and the parties’ Stipulated Confidentiality and Protective Order (the “Protective Order”) (Dkt. 156) to request leave to file under seal Defendants’ Letter Motion Challenging Plaintiffs Claw-Back (the “Motion”) and exhibits thereto.

The presumption of public access to judicial documents can be overcome if countervailing factors warrant confidentiality. See Lugosch v. Pyramid Co. of Onondaga, 435 F.3d 110, 120 (2d Cir. 2006); see also Nixon v. Warner Commce’ns Inc., 435 U.S. 589, 598 (1978). Sealing of records may be justified to preserve “higher values,” including the need to protect an entity from competitive injury. Lugosch, 435 F.3d at 124; see also Tropical Sails Corp. v. Yext, Inc., No. 14- cv-7582, 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 49029, at *10-11 (S.D.N.Y. Apr. 12) (risk of “competitive injury is sufficiently serious to warrant protection” of proprietary business information). Consistent with this, courts routinely permit sealing and redaction of competitively sensitive proprietary business information or information subject to a claim of privilege. See, e.g., Louis Vuitton Malletier S.A. v. Sunny Merch. Corp., 97 F. Supp. 3d 485, 511 (S.D.N.Y. 2015); Encyclopedia Brown Prods., Ltd. v. Home Box Office. Inc., 26 F. Supp. 2d 606, 614 (S.D.N.Y. 1998); see also Nixon, 435 U.S. at 598 (recognizing need to seal information that might “harm a litigant’s competitive standing”).

Here, the Motion and its exhibits discuss _and_reflect_information that Plaintiff has designated Highly Confidential under the Protective Order_and which is subject _to Plaintiff's ongoing assertion of the attorney client privilege.

Defendants respectfully request that the Court permit filing of the Motion and Exhibits thereto under seal.

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[email protected] Attorneys for Defendants General Electric Company, GE Healthcare, Inc., GE Medical Systems Israel Ltd., Jean- Paul Bouhnik, Sergio Steinfeld, Arie Escho, and Nathan Hermony and for Non- Party Yaron Hefetz cc: All Counsel of Record via ECF