Nypl v. JP Morgan Chase & Co. et al

Filing 778

ORDER granting 715 Letter Motion to Seal. Application GRANTED for substantially the reasons stated in this letter. The Clerk of Court is respectfully directed to maintain the entries and documents at Dkt. Nos. 718, 720, 723, 725, 726, 727, 733, 735, 738, 740, 743, 748, 751 and 753 under seal with access limited to the individuals listed in Appendix A to this letter and to close the motion at Dkt. No. 715. (Signed by Judge Lorna G. Schofield on 3/21/2022) (rro)

Application GRANTED for substantially the reasons stated in this
letter.
The Clerk of Court is respectfully directed to maintain the entries and
documents at Dkt. Nos. 718, 720, 723, 725, 726, 727, 733, 735, 738,
740, 743, 748, 751 and 753 under seal with access limited to the
individuals listed in Appendix A to this letter and to close the motion
at Dkt. No. 715.
Dated: March 21, 2022
New York, New York

Pursuant to Rule I.D.3 of Your Honor’s Individual Rules and Procedures for Civil Cases,
plaintiffs’ motion for class certification and the parties’
“Parties’ Submissions”)
Certain portions of the Parties’ Submissions quote directly from or other
that have been designated as “Highly Confidential” under the Stipulation and Order of
Confidentiality (hereinafter the “Protective Order”) because they contain “material regarding

tive or commercial disadvantage . . . .” (ECF No. 249 at 2

No. 597, July 20, 2020 Order (granting plaintiffs’ motion to seal
in the Parties’ Submissions are narrowly tailored to ensure that the bulk of the Parties’ Submissions

public access to that testimony that is material to class certification through the parties’ legal briefs.
d “the court must balance competing considerations against it.”

documents may be sealed where “closure is essential to preserve higher values and is narrowly
red to serve that interest.”
see also Nixon v. Warner Commc’ns., Inc.
(1978) (“[T]he decision as to access is one best left to the sound discretion of the trial court, a
circumstances of the particular case.”).
720, 2013 WL 211096, at *4 (N.D. Okla. Jan. 18, 2013) (“Courts
agreement.”).
Pursuant to Rule I.D.3 of Your Honor’s Individual Rules and Procedures of
Parties’ Submissions
. Further pursuant to Rule I.D.3 of Your Honor’s Individual Rules and