Kassman v. KPMG LLP

Filing 996

ORDER granting 989 Letter Motion to Seal. It is hereby ORDERED that Defendant's motion to seal is GRANTED. The unredacted version of Exhibit A at Docket No. 991 will remain sealed, and only the parties and individuals identified in the att ached Appendix will have access. (As further set forth in this Order.) It is further ORDERED that, by June 17, 2021, Defendant shall serve a copy of this Order on pro se Plaintiff Anne Macedonio.The Clerk of Court is respectfully directed to close the motion at Docket No. 989. (Signed by Judge Lorna G. Schofield on 6/14/2021) (cf)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
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DONNA KASSMAN, et al.,
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Plaintiffs,
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-against:
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KPMG LLP,
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Defendant.
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11 Civ. 3743 (LGS)
ORDER

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LORNA G. SCHOFIELD, District Judge:
WHEREAS, on June 11, 2021, Defendant filed a motion to redact and file under seal an
unredacted version of Exhibit A to its June 11, 2021, pre-motion letter at Docket No. 988. Dkt.
No. 989. It is hereby
ORDERED that Defendant’s motion to seal is GRANTED. The unredacted version of
Exhibit A at Docket No. 991 will remain sealed, and only the parties and individuals identified in
the attached Appendix will have access. Although “[t]he common law right of public access to
judicial documents is firmly rooted in our nation’s history,” this right is not absolute, and courts
“must balance competing considerations against” the presumption of access. Lugosch v. Pyramid
Co. of Onondaga, 435 F.3d 110, 119–20 (2d Cir. 2006) (internal quotation marks omitted); see
also Nixon v. Warner Commc’ns., Inc., 435 U.S. 589, 599 (1978) (“[T]he decision as to access is
one best left to the sound discretion of the trial court, a discretion to be exercised in light of the
relevant facts and circumstances of the particular case.”). Filing the above-referenced document
in redacted form is necessary to prevent the unauthorized dissemination of personal information.
It is further
ORDERED that, by June 17, 2021, Defendant shall serve a copy of this Order on pro se
Plaintiff Anne Macedonio.
The Clerk of Court is respectfully directed to close the motion at Docket No. 989.
Dated: June 14, 2021
New York, New York

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

Plaintiff

Anne Macedonio
PO Box 201
Abita Springs, LA 70420
[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]
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)

Party

Counsel of Record
[e-mail]
John Gerson Levi
Sidley Austin LLP (Chicago)
[e-mail]