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

USDC SDNY UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DOCUMENT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ELECTRONICALLY FILED DOC #: NIELSEN CONSUMER LLC, DATE FILED: 5/9/2025 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 May 8, 2025, Plaintiff filed a Letter Motion requesting to seal portions of the Court’s Opinion and Order on Plaintiff's Motions to Compel. (ECF No. 532) Plaintiff notes that the redactions are for “references to its trade secrets at issue and changes made to ReceiptPal’s data collection that have been redacted throughout this litigation.” (/d.) On that same date, Plaintiff also filed its proposed redactions. (ECF Nos. 533 and 534) The Court has reviewed Plaintiff's filings and finds that the redactions are narrowly tailored to protect sensitive trade secret and other confidential 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.

Plaintiff is reminded that the information placed under seal in connection with this request may not be similarly treated in connection with a dispositive motion.

The Clerk of Court is respectfully directed to terminate the motion at ECF No. 532.

Further, the Clerk of Court is also respectfully directed to keep the documents at ECF Nos. 530 and 534 under seal.

SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 9, 2025 - New York, New York ew York, New Yor Vs Hf Finke KATHARINE H. PARKER United States Magistrate Judge