Kassman v. KPMG LLP

Filing 947

ORDER with respect to 944 Letter Motion to Seal: By October 20, 2020, Plaintiffs shall file any responsive letter in opposition to Defendant's request. (Signed by Judge Lorna G. Schofield on 10/16/2020) (jwh)

SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP
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By October 20, 2020, Plaintiffs shall file any
October 14, 2020 responsive letter in opposition to
Defendant's request.

VIA ECF
Honorable Lorna G. Schofield
United States District Court
Southern District of New York
500 Pearl Street
New York, New York 10007

So Ordered.
Dated: October 16, 2020
New York, New York

Re:
Dear Judge Schofield: Kassman, et al. v. KPMG LLP, Case No. 11-cv-03743 (LGS)
In accordance with the Court’s October 1, 2020 Order (Dkt. 942), the Parties have filed a
Proposed Order dismissing certain former opt-in plaintiffs who have submitted Verified Fact
Sheets and have stipulated to the dismissal of their claims. (Dkt. 943). Pursuant to Rule I.D.3 of
this Court’s Individual Rules and Procedures for Civil Cases and Section 10(a) of the Stipulated
Protective Order, Defendant KPMG LLP (“KPMG”) respectfully submits this letter motion
proposing that certain limited and discrete information in Exhibit A to the Proposed Order be
redacted and sealed. In accordance with Rule I.D.3, KPMG has publicly filed the Exhibit with
the proposed redactions and has electronically filed under seal a copy of the unredacted Exhibit
with the proposed redactions highlighted.
The proposed redactions in question are carefully and narrowly limited to text disclosing
employee personnel and personal information, specifically, the employee identification number
(EEID) of the former opt-in plaintiffs. Individuals utilize their EEIDs to access certain personnel
systems that contain additional personnel and personal information and disclosing them publicly
could put this sensitive information at risk. See also Murphy v. Rochester City Sch. Dist., 2002
WL 31322639, at *1-4 (W.D.N.Y. Sept. 30, 2002) (sealing employee personnel information).
KPMG thus respectfully requests that the Court order that the EEIDs of each of the individuals
listed in Exhibit A be publicly docketed only with KPMG’s redactions, and unredacted versions
be filed under seal, to be accessed by all attorneys of record, as noted in the attached appendix.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Colleen M. Kenney
Colleen M. Kenney
CC: All Counsel of Record, via ECF

Sidley Austin LLP is a limited liability partnership practicing in affiliation with other Sidley Austin partnerships.

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APPENDIX
Pursuant to Individual Rule I.D.3, KPMG identifies below all parties and attorneys of record
who should have access to the sealed document:
Party

Counsel of Record

Plaintiffs

Kelly Dermody
Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP(SF)
275 Battery Street, 30th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111-3339
[phone]
[phone] (fax)
[e-mail]
Rachel Geman
Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP (NY)
[e-mail]
Michelle Lamy
Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP (SF)
[e-mail]
Michael Ian Levin-Gesundheit
Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP(SF)
[e-mail]
Anne B. Shaver
Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP (SF)
[e-mail]
Tiseme Gabriella Zegeye
Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP (SF)
[e-mail]
Conor Daniel Ahern
Sanford Heisler Sharp LLP (DC)
700 Pennsylvania Ave. SE Suite 300
Washington, DC 20003
202-499-5208
202-499-5199 (fax)
[e-mail]

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Party

Counsel of Record
Saba Bireda
Sanford Heisler Sharp, LLP (DC)
[e-mail]
Jeremy Heisler
Sanford Heisler Sharp, LLP (NYC)
[e-mail]
Thomas J Henderson
Sanford Heisler Sharp, LLP (DC)
[e-mail]
Katie Mueting
Sanford Heisler Sharp, LLP (DC)
[e-mail]
Shaun Rosenthal
Sanford Heisler Sharp, LLP (DC)
[e-mail]
David W. Sanford
Sanford Heisler Sharp, LLP (DC)
[e-mail]
Jennifer Siegel
Sanford Heisler Sharp, LLP (NYC)
[e-mail]
Leigh Anne St. Charles
Sanford Heisler Sharp, LLP (Nashville)
[e-mail]

Defendant KPMG LLP

Peter O. Hughes
Ogletree Deakins
10 Madison Avenue Suite 400
Morristown, NJ 07960
973-656-1600
973-656-1611 (fax)
[e-mail]

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Party

Counsel of Record
Stephanie Lauren Aranyos
Ogletree Deakins (NYC)
[e-mail]
Chris R. Pace
Ogletree Deakins (Kansas City)
[e-mail]
Diane Marjorie Saunders
Ogletree Deakins (Boston)
[e-mail]
Colleen M. Kenney
Sidley Austin LLP
One S. Dearborn St.
Chicago, IL 60603
[phone]
[phone] (fax)
[e-mail]
Eric G. Hoffman
Sidley Austin LLP (NY)
[e-mail]
Wendy M. Lazerson
Sidley Austin LLP (Palo Alto)
[e-mail]
John Gerson Levi
Sidley Austin LLP (Chicago)
[e-mail]
Melanie Elizabeth Walker
Sidley Austin LLP (Chicago)
[e-mail]