Mayor and City Council of Baltimore v. Bank of America Corporation et al

Filing 712

ORDER granting (707) Letter Motion to Seal in case 1:11-cv-05450-NRB; granting (4279) Letter Motion to Seal in case 1:11-md-02262-NRB; granting (366) Letter Motion to Seal in case 1:13-cv-00597-NRB; granting (364) Letter Motion to Seal in case 1:13- cv-00626-NRB; granting (365) Letter Motion to Seal in case 1:13-cv-00625-NRB; granting (362) Letter Motion to Seal in case 1:13-cv-00627-NRB; granting (364) Letter Motion to Seal in case 1:13-cv-00667-NRB; granting (440) Letter Motion to Seal in case 1:13-cv-03952-NRB; granting (350) Letter Motion to Seal in case 1:13-cv-05186-NRB; granting (355) Letter Motion to Seal in case 1:13-cv-05187-NRB; granting (348) Letter Motion to Seal in case 1:13-cv-05221-NRB; granting (196) Letter Motion to Seal i n case 1:13-cv-05511-NRB; granting (349) Letter Motion to Seal in case 1:13-cv-05569-NRB; granting (357) Letter Motion to Seal in case 1:13-cv-05616-NRB; granting (373) Letter Motion to Seal in case 1:13-cv-06013-NRB; granting (385) Letter Motion to Seal in case 1:13-cv-06014-NRB; granting (277) Letter Motion to Seal in case 1:13-cv-06020-NRB; granting (292) Letter Motion to Seal in case 1:13-cv-07720-NRB; granting (327) Letter Motion to Seal in case 1:13-cv-08644-NRB; granting (237) Letter Moti on to Seal in case 1:13-cv-08799-NRB; granting (440) Letter Motion to Seal in case 1:14-cv-01757-NRB; granting (251) Letter Motion to Seal in case 1:14-cv-04189-NRB; granting (124) Letter Motion to Seal in case 1:15-cv-04810-NRB. Application granted. So Ordered. (Signed by Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald on 11/22/24) Filed In Associated Cases: 1:11-md-02262-NRB et al. (yv)

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November 22, 2024
VIA ECF
The Honorable Naomi Reice Buchwald
United States District Court
Southern District of New York
500 Pearl Street
New York, New York 10007
Re:

In re LIBOR-Based Financial Instruments Antitrust Litigation
Case No. 11-md-2262

Dear Judge Buchwald:
Pursuant to Section 2.H.2 of Your Honor’s Individual Practices, Section 6 of the
Electronic Case Filing Rules & Instructions, and Your Honor’s September 27, 2024
Order (ECF No. 4136), I write to respectfully request permission to file under seal:
(1) OTC Plaintiffs’1 and certain Direct Action Plaintiffs’2 (together, “Plaintiffs”)
memorandum of law, Local Rule 56.1 statements, declaration, and exhibits
submitted in opposition to Defendants’ Joint Motion for Summary Judgment (ECF
No. 4164); (2) DAPs’ memorandum of law, declaration, and exhibits submitted in
support of Plaintiffs’ Opposition to Defendants’ Motion to Exclude the Opinions
and Testimony of Dr. Leslie Marx (ECF No. 4147); (3) Plaintiffs’ memorandum of
law, declaration, and exhibits submitted in support of Plaintiffs’ Opposition to
1

Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, City of New Britain, Jennie Stuart Medical Center, Inc.,
Vistra Energy Corp., and Yale University.
2
The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation as
Receiver for 20 Closed Banks, The Federal National Mortgage Association, Principal Funds, Inc.,
and Principal Financial Group, Inc.

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Defendants’ Joint Motion to Exclude the Opinions and Testimony of Dr. Karl Snow
and Dr. B. Douglas Bernheim (ECF No. 4151); and (4) OTC Plaintiffs’
memorandum of law, declaration, and exhibits submitted in support of OTC
Plaintiffs’ Opposition to OTC Defendants’ Motion to Exclude the Testimony of
Plaintiffs’ Proposed Expert Dr. Michael I. Cragg (ECF No. 4158).
These filings include materials that have been designated as Confidential or Highly
Confidential pursuant to the Amended Stipulation and Protective Order dated
May 12, 2016 (ECF No. 1405). Consistent with Your Honor’s September 27, 2024,
Order (ECF No. 4136), by December 6, 2024, OTC Plaintiffs will file a public set
of all materials submitted in connection with these motions.
Plaintiffs are delivering courtesy copies of the sealed filings to Chambers in
accordance with Section 2.H.2 of Your Honor’s Individual Practices and are also
serving the sealed filings on liaison counsel for Defendants via email. With the
Court’s permission, audio files and other files produced in this action in native
format, which support Plaintiffs’ opposition papers, are being delivered to
Chambers via flash drive.
Respectfully Submitted,
/s/ William Christopher Carmody
William Christopher Carmody
SUSMAN GODFREY L.L.P.
Co-Lead Counsel for OTC Plaintiffs and Liaison Counsel for Class Plaintiffs
Cc: All counsel via ECF

Application granted.

So ordered.

Dated: November 22, 2024
New York, New York