Nielsen Consumer LLC v. Circana Group, L.P.

USDC SDNY DOCUMENT UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT | ELECTRONICALLY FILED | SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK DOC #: DATE FILED:_ 1/8/2025 NIELSEN CONSUMER LLC, ee ee Plaintiff, ORDER ON MOTION TO SEAL -against- 22-CV-3235 (JPO)(KHP) CIRCANA GROUP, L.P., Defendant.

KATHARINE H. PARKER, UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE On January 7, 2025, Plaintiff filed a Letter Motion requesting permission to seal portions of its Reply to Defendant’s Opposition to its Letter Motion for Leave to Amend the Complaint and to file under seal the accompanying Exhibits A-E to the Reply because the redacted information has been designated as “confidential and/or attorney’s eyes only” and contains “highly sensitive commercial information that, if disclosed, would cause competitive harm to both [Plaintiff] and Circana.” (ECF No. 438) On that same date, Plaintiff filed its proposed redactions to its Reply and accompanying Exhibits A-E. (ECF Nos. 439 and 440) The Court has reviewed Plaintiff's filings and finds that the redactions are narrowly tailored to protect confidential and sensitive commercial information and are consistent with the Lugosch standard. See Lugosch v. Pyramid Co. of Onondaga, 435 F.3d 110, 120 (2d Cir. 2006) (finding that courts may grant motions to seal where the parties make “specific, on the record findings ... demonstrating that closure is essential to preserve higher values and [sealing] is narrowly tailored to serve that interest”). Therefore, Plaintiff's Letter Motion to Seal is GRANTED.

The Clerk of Court is respectfully directed to terminate the motion at ECF No. 438.

Further, the Clerk of Court is also directed to keep the document at ECF No. 440 under seal.

SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 8, 2025 - New York, New York : Kethinzind Ht [Anker KATHARINE H. PARKER United States Magistrate Judge