Oracle Corporation et al v. SAP AG et al

Filing 367

ORDER by Magistrate Judge Elizabeth D. Laporte granting 338 Motion to Seal Document (edllc2, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 7/28/2009)

Oracle Corporation et al v. SAP AG et al

Doc. 367

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BINGHAM McCUTCHEN LLP DONN P. PICKETT (SBN 72257) GEOFFREY M. HOWARD (SBN 157468) HOLLY A. HOWARD (SBN 136045) ZACHARY J. ALINDER (SBN 209009) BREE HANN (SBN 215695) Three Embarcadero Center San Francisco, CA 94111-4067 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] [e-mail] [e-mail] [e-mail] [e-mail] [e-mail] DORIAN DALEY (SBN 129049) JENNIFER GLOSS (SBN 154227) 500 Oracle Parkway, M/S 5op7 Redwood City, CA 94070 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] [e-mail] [e-mail] Attorneys for Plaintiffs Oracle USA, Inc., Oracle International Corporation, and Oracle EMEA Limited UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION ORACLE USA, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, v. SAP AG, et al., Defendants. CASE NO. 07-CV-01658 PJH (EDL) [PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS' ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO FILE UNDER SEAL DOCUMENTS SUPPORTING DEFENDANTS' MOTION FOR SANCTIONS AND MOTION TO COMPEL Date: August 18, 2009 Time: TBD Place: Courtroom E, 15th Floor Judge: Hon. Elizabeth D. Laporte

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Pending before this Court is SAP AG, SAP America, Inc., and TomorrowNow, Inc.'s (collectively, "Defendants") Administrative Motion to File Under Seal Documents Supporting Defendants' Motion for Sanctions and Motion to Compel (the "Motion to Seal"). Through their Motion to Seal, Defendants together with Plaintiffs Oracle USA, Inc., Oracle International Corporation, and Oracle EMEA Limited (collectively, "Oracle," and with Defendants, the "Parties"), request an Order sealing (1) portions of Defendants' Motion for Sanctions and portions of the Declaration of Stephen K. Clarke in Support of Defendants' Motion for Sanctions; (2) the documents and testimony identified as Exhibits D, J, K, L, P and Q of the Declaration of Elaine Wallace (the "Wallace Declaration") in support of Defendants' Motion for Sanctions; (3) portions of Defendants' Motion to Compel and; (4) the documents identified as Exhibits 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 18 and 19 to the Declaration of Jason McDonell in Support of Defendants' Motion to Compel Production of Financial Information of Plaintiffs (the "McDonnell Declaration"). Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c) provides broad discretion for a trial court to permit sealing of court documents for, inter alia, the protection of "a trade secret or other confidential research, development, or commercial information." Fed. R. Civ. Proc. 26(c). In particular, when the request for sealing concerns discovery documents attached to a nondispositive motion, a showing of good cause to seal the documents is sufficient to justify protection under Rule 26(c). See Navarro v. Eskanos & Adler, Case No. C-06 02231 WHA(EDL), 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 24864 at *7 (March 22,2007) (citing Kamakana v. Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1179 (9th Cir. 2006). In compliance with this Court's Standing Order on Confidential and Sealed Documents, Rule 26(c) and Civil Local Rule 79-5, Oracle has filed the Declaration of Jennifer Gloss (the "Gloss Declaration") in support of Defendants' Motion to Seal on July 21, 2009. Through the Gloss Declaration, Oracle provides evidence of good cause sufficient for this Court to permit filing the requested exhibits under seal. The Gloss Declaration establishes both that Oracle has considered and treated the information contained in the subject documents as confidential, commercially sensitive and proprietary, and that public disclosure of such 2 Case No. 07-CV-01658 PJH (EDL)
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information would create a risk of significant competitive injury and particularized harm and prejudice to Oracle. See Phillips v. General Motors Corp. 307 F. 3d 1206, 1211 (9th Cir. 2006). The Gloss Declaration also establishes that the request for sealing has been narrowly tailored, including removal of the request for sealing of Exhibit D and certain identified deposition transcript pages. Having considered Defendants' Motion to Seal and the documents and exhibits filed in support, including the Gloss Declaration and the Stipulation of the Parties to Permit Defendants to File Plaintiffs' Documents Under Seal, and GOOD CAUSE having been shown: IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT: Defendants' Motion to Seal is GRANTED. The Clerk of the Court shall file under seal the unredacted versions of the following documents that have been lodged with the Court: 1. Defendants' Motion for Sanctions ­ Pages 10-12, 16-19 and 22-23 containing materials designated by Oracle as "Confidential Information" or "Highly Confidential Information - Attorneys' Eyes Only." 2. The Declaration of Stephen K. Clarke in Support of Defendants' Motion for Sanctions ­ Paragraphs 22 and 27 containing materials designated by Oracle as "Confidential Information" or "Highly Confidential Information Attorneys' Eyes Only." 3. Defendants' Motion to Compel ­ Pages 3 and 6-16 containing materials designated by Oracle as "Confidential Information" or "Highly Confidential Information - Attorneys' Eyes Only." 4. Ex. J to the Wallace Declaration ­ Pages 10-17 and 64-65 of the deposition of Larry Ellison, taken May 5, 2009, containing materials designated by Oracle as "Confidential Information" or "Highly Confidential Information Attorneys' Eyes Only." 5. Ex. K to the Wallace Declaration ­ Pages 17-21 of the deposition of Charles Phillips, taken April 17, 2009, containing materials designated by Oracle as "Confidential Information" or "Highly Confidential Information - Attorneys' 3 Case No. 07-CV-01658 PJH (EDL)
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Eyes Only." Ex. L to the Wallace Declaration ­ Pages 33-44, 47-54, 80-82, 90-97, 200201 and 254 of the deposition of Juergen Rottler, taken May 13, 2009, containing materials designated by Oracle as "Confidential Information" or "Highly Confidential Information - Attorneys' Eyes Only." Ex. P to the Wallace Declaration ­ Plaintiff's May 22, 2009 Supplemental and Amended Initial Disclosures, containing materials designated by Oracle as "Confidential Information" or "Highly Confidential Information Attorneys' Eyes Only." Ex. Q to the Wallace Declaration ­ Exhibit 440 to the deposition of Juergen Rottler, Bates stamped ORCL00319502-00319506, containing materials designated by Oracle as "Confidential Information" or "Highly Confidential Information - Attorneys' Eyes Only." Ex. 2 to the McDonell Declaration ­ Portions of the letter from Jason McDonnell to Holly House, dated July 13, 2009, containing materials designated by Oracle as "Confidential Information" or "Highly Confidential Information - Attorneys' Eyes Only." 10. Ex. 6 to the McDonell Declaration ­ Pages 63-64 and 72-73 of the deposition of Ivgen Guner, taken September 4, 2008, containing materials designated by Oracle as "Confidential Information" or "Highly Confidential Information Attorneys' Eyes Only." 11. Ex. 7 to the McDonell Declaration ­ Pages 179-180 of the deposition of Safra Catz, taken March 27, 2009, containing materials designated by Oracle as "Confidential Information" or "Highly Confidential Information Attorneys' Eyes Only." 12. Ex. 8 to the McDonell Declaration ­ Pages 69-70 and 170-179 of the deposition of Corey West, taken April 9, 2009, containing materials designated by Oracle as "Confidential Information" or "Highly Confidential 4 Case No. 07-CV-01658 PJH (EDL)
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Information - Attorneys' Eyes Only." 13. Ex. 9 to the McDonell Declaration ­ Pages 47-49 of the deposition of Larry Ellison, taken May 5, 2009, containing materials designated by Oracle as "Confidential Information" or "Highly Confidential Information - Attorneys' Eyes Only." 14. Ex. 10 to the McDonell Declaration ­ Pages 174-196 of the deposition of Juergen Rottler, taken May 13, 2009, containing materials designated by Oracle as "Confidential Information" or "Highly Confidential Information Attorneys' Eyes Only." 15. Ex. 11 to the McDonell Declaration ­ Exhibit 440 to the deposition of Juergen Rottler, Bates stamped ORCL00368543-00368544 and ORCL00368549, containing materials designated by Oracle as "Confidential Information" or "Highly Confidential Information - Attorneys' Eyes Only." 16. Ex. 18 to the McDonell Declaration ­ Portions of the letter from Jason McDonnell to Zac Alinder dated June 12, 2009, containing materials designated by Oracle as "Confidential Information" or "Highly Confidential Information - Attorneys' Eyes Only." 17. Ex. 19 to the McDonell Declaration ­ Pages 63, 65, 67, 78-79, 82-83, 94-95, 105-107, 122-126, 135, 150, 155, 159-160, 183-188, 195, 206, 208 and 222226 of the deposition of Uyen Ngoc Anne Kishore, taken April 14, 2009, containing materials designated by Oracle as "Confidential Information" or "Highly Confidential Information - Attorneys' Eyes Only."
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