ABC v. DEF

Filing 161

ORDER granting 157 Letter Motion to Seal. Application granted. No later than June 22, 2022 the parties shall submit a letter explaining why the redacted portions should remain under seal in light of the public's presumptive right of access. See Lugosch v. Pyramid Co. of Onondaga, 435 F.3d 110, 119 (2d Cir. 2006). Hart shall also submit a redline comparing the First and Second Amended Complaints. (Signed by Judge Ronnie Abrams on 6/9/2022) (ate)

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June 7, 2022

VIA ECF
Hon. Ronnie Abrams, United States District Judge
Thurgood Marshall
United States Courthouse
40 Foley Square
New York, NY 10007
Re:

United States ex rel. Hart v. McKesson Corp., No. 15-Civ-0903 (RA) (JLC)

Dear Judge Abrams:
We represent Relator Adam Hart (“Relator”) in the above-captioned matter and request,
in accordance with Rule 5A.iii of Your Honor’s Individual Rules & Practices in Civil Cases and
Paragraph 11.3 of the Stipulation Regarding Protection of Confidential Information (“Protective
Order”) entered in this case (ECF No. 78), that the Court permit portions of the Second Amended
Complaint to be filed provisionally under seal with the Viewing Level of “Selected Parties.”
Pursuant to Your Honor’s Individual Rules & Practices, we are submitting a copy of the Second
Amended Complaint under seal, with proposed redactions highlighted.
The Second Amended Complaint’s proposed redactions concern information from
documents that have been designated “CONFIDENTIAL” by McKesson. Under Paragraph 11.3
of the Protective Order, this information shall be filed “provisionally under seal” and McKesson,
as the “Designating Party bears the burden of persuading the Court that” this information “should

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be permanently sealed.” Relator anticipates that McKesson will be filing a letter pursuant to
Rule 5A.iii.i of Your Honor’s Individual Rules & Practices seeking to keep the redacted portions
under seal. Relator reserves the right to respond to McKesson’s position if necessary.
McKesson has informed Relator that it does not object to the filing of the redacted
portions provisionally under seal. Accordingly, Relator respectfully requests that the Court
permit the Second Amended Complaint to be filed provisionally in redacted form.

Respectfully submitted,
/s/ Andrew C. Shen
ANDREW C. SHEN
[e-mail]
JAMES M. WEBSTER
[e-mail]
DAVID L. SCHWARZ
[e-mail]
BRADLEY E. OPPENHEIMER
[e-mail]
KELLOGG, HANSEN, TODD,
FIGEL & FREDERICK, P.L.L.C.
1615 M Street N.W., Suite 400
Washington, D.C. 20036
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
STEPHEN S. HASEGAWA
[e-mail]
PHILLIPS & COHEN LLP
100 The Embarcadero, Suite 300
San Francisco, CA 94105
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
RISHI BHANDARI
[e-mail]
MANDEL BHANDARI LLP

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Hon. Ronnie Abrams
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80 Pine Street, 33rd Floor
New York, NY 10005
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
ARI YAMPOLSKY
[e-mail]
CONSTANTINE CANNON LLP
150 California Street, Suite 1600
San Francisco, CA 94111
Tel. [phone]
Attorneys for Qui Tam Plaintiff Adam Hart

Application granted.
No later than June 22, 2022 the parties shall submit a letter
explaining why the redacted portions should remain under seal
in light of the public's presumptive right of access. See
Lugosch v. Pyramid Co. of Onondaga, 435 F.3d 110, 119 (2d
Cir. 2006).
Hart shall also submit a redline comparing the First and Second
Amended Complaints.
SO ORDERED.
________________________
Hon. Ronnie Abrams
06/09/22