Spectrum Dynamics Medical Limited v. General Electric Company

ILHOMPSON ATLANTA CINCINNATI SO ORDERED A Jer, PIA HINE CHICAGO “~ VERNON S. BRODERICK U.§.D.J, 10/26/2022 October 25, 2022 VIA ECF Hon. Vernon S. Broderick United States District Court Southern District of New York Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse Foley Square, Room 415 New York, New York 10007 Re: Spectrum Dynamics Medical Limited v. General Electric Company, et al., Case No.: 18-cv-11386 (VSB) Dear Judge Broderick: We represent Defendants in the above-referenced action. We write pursuant to Rule 5.B of Your Honor’s Individual Practices in Civil Cases to respectfully request permission to file under seal Defendants’ Memorandum of Law in Opposition to Plaintiff's Motion for Leave to File Second Amended Complaint, which is being filed today, October 25, 2022, and contains information the parties have designated Highly Confidential or Confidential under the parties’ Stipulated Confidentiality and Protective Order (the “Protective Order’) (Dkt. 156).

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 Comme’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- ev-7582, 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 49029, at *10-11 (S.D.N-Y. Apr. 12) (isk 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, Defendants’ Memorandum of Law in Opposition to Plaintiff's Motion for Leave to File Second Amended Complaint contains references to imformation that is assertedly competitively sensitive and proprietary information of one or both parties and, if disclosed, could pose a substantial risk of harm. This is the sort of sensitive information that courts consistently protect from disclosure. See, e.g., Ferring B.V. v. Allergan, Inc., No. 12-cv-2650, 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 150239, at *16 (S.D.N-Y. Sep. 7) (sealing documents containing proprietary information); Encyclopedia Brown, 26 F. Supp. 2d at 612 (sealing documents reflecting sensitive trade secret information).

Marla [email protected] Fax: 404.541.2905 Phone: 404.407.3680 THOMPSON HINE LI? ‘Two Alliance Center www. IhompsonHine.com ATTORNEYS aT Law 3560 Lenox Road, Suite 1600 Phone: 404.541.2900 Atlanta, Georgia 30326-4266 Fax: 404.541.2905 Page 2 For these reasons, Defendants respectfully request permission to file under seal the Defendants’ Memorandum of Law in Opposition to Plaintiffs Motion for Leave to File Second Amended Complaint.

Very truly yours, Marla R. Butler THOMPSON HINE LLP Marla R. Butler Two Alliance Center Jesse Jenike-Godshalk (pro hac vice) 3560 Lenox Road NE, Suite 1600 312 Walnut Street, Suite 2000 Atlanta, Georgia 30326 Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 Tel.: (404) 541-2900 Tel.: (513) 352-6700 Fax: (404) 541-2905 Fax: (513) 241-4771 [email protected] [email protected] Brian Lanciault Jeffrey Metzcar Madison Avenue, 12th Floor Discovery Place New York, New York 10017 10050 Innovation Drive Tel.: (212) 344-5680 Miamisburg, Ohio 45342 Fax: (212) 344-6101 Tel. (937) 443-6841 [email protected] Fax (937) 430-3781 Jeff. [email protected] Attorneys for Defendants General Electric Company, GE Healthcare, Inc., GE Medical Systems Israel Ltd., Jean- Paul Bouhnik, Sergio Steinfeld, Arie Eshco, and Nathan Hermony and for Non- Party Yaron Hefetz cc: All Counsel of Record via ECF