Blockchain Innovation, LLC v. Franklin Resources, Inc. et al

Filing 176

Order by Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin denying 158 Administrative Motion to Consider Whether Another Party's Material Should Be Sealed. (ads, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 2/5/2024)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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BLOCKCHAIN INNOVATION, LLC,
Plaintiff,

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

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Case No. 21-cv-08787-AMO
ORDER DENYING MOTION TO SEAL

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Re: Dkt. No. 158
FRANKLIN RESOURCES, INC., et al.,
Defendants.

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Plaintiff Blockchain Innovation, LLC moves to seal portions of its second amended

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complaint (“SAC”) that reference materials designated “Highly Confidential – Attorneys’ Eyes

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Only” by Defendants Franklin Resources, Inc. d/b/a Franklin Templeton, FT FinTech Holdings,

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LLC, Franklin Templeton Companies, LLC, and Jennifer Johnson (“Franklin”). ECF 158.

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Franklin timely filed a declaration in response to the motion. ECF 162. In the declaration,

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Franklin states that it does not waive the confidentiality designation it has asserted as to the

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underlying documents from which the relevant portions of the SAC are derived, but it also “does

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not seek to seal any of the text from Plaintiff’s SAC that is identified in Plaintiff’s Motion to

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Seal.” ECF 162 ¶¶ 4-5. Accordingly, the motion to seal is DENIED. Plaintiff shall file

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unredacted versions of the documents currently under seal within 7 days of this order.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: February 5, 2024

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ARACELI MARTÍNEZ-OLGUÍN
United States District Judge