Iovino et al v. AmTrust Financial Services, Inc.

Filing 144

ORDER Granting 143 Motion to Seal. The Clerk's Office is INSTRUCTED to seal the document at Docket No. 142 -7. Signed by Magistrate Judge Nancy J. Koppe on 8/30/2024. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - RJDG)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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CARMEN IOVINO, et al.,

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Case No.: 2:22-cv-01974-APG-NJK

Plaintiff(s),
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Order

v.
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[Docket No. 143]
AMTRUST FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.,
et al.,

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Defendant(s).

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Pending before the Court is Defendant AmTrust Financial Services, Inc.’s emergency

14 motion to seal one exhibit filed in conjunction with Plaintiff’s motion to compel. Docket No. 143;
15 see also Docket No. 142-7 (Exhibit 6). Defendant submits that Exhibit 6 contains Defendant’s
16 private, confidential financial information which, as a privately held corporation, it does not
17 publicly report. Docket No. 143 at 2. Defendant further submits that the exhibit should be sealed
18 because the public disclosure of Defendant’s confidential business information would harm
19 Defendant’s competitive standing. Id. Plaintiff consents to sealing and does not oppose this
20 motion. Id.
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Such exhibits may be sealed upon a particularized showing of good cause. See Kamakana

22 v. City & County of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1180 (9th Cir. 2006). In this case, Defendant has
23 attested to the sensitive financial nature of the information in the document, and the competitive
24 disadvantage that could result from disclosure.1 For good cause shown, the motion to seal is
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Harm to competitive standing is a particularized harm sufficient to support the sealing of
documents.
Anderson v. Trans Union, LLC, No. 222CV01214GMNNJK, 2023 WL 4456776, at
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*7 (D. Nev. July 11, 2023).
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1 GRANTED. Docket No. 143. The Clerk’s Office is INSTRUCTED to seal the document at
2 Docket No. 142-7.
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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: August 30, 2024
______________________________
Nancy J. Koppe
United States Magistrate Judge

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