Hancock et al v. General Motors LLC dba General Motors Company dba General Motors

Filing 129

ORDER. Several of the filings concerning the parties' cross-motions to enforce their settlement agreement remain temporarily under seal. See 18-CV-2590, ECF Nos. 68, 86, 93, 74, 88. On October 20, 2020, New GM filed a letter-brief addressing what materials should remain permanently sealed or redacted. See ECF Nos. 99, 100. In light of the Second Circuit's recognition of the importance of confidentiality with respect to the public interest in promoting settlement, see, e.g., Gambal e v. Deutsche Bank AG, 377 F.3d 133, 143 (2d Cir. 2004), the Court GRANTS New GM's application and agrees with the proposed redactions, substantially for the reasons stated in New GM's letter. Some of the materials at issue do not appear on the ECF system, as they were filed before the Court changed its procedures to enable filing of sealed documents on ECF. Other materials appear on the ECF system in unredacted form, but with restricted viewing access. To the extent that there a re materials that have not yet been filed on the ECF system, or which appear on the ECF system only in unredacted form with restricted viewing acces, New GM shall file them in a manner consistent with its proposal and this Order within one week f rom the date of this Order. Put differently, within one week from the date of this Order, New GM shall ensure that the public filings in this matter are consistent with its proposal and this Order. In addition, there are two documents, 18-CV-2590, ECF Nos. 89, 94, which are temporarily under seal, but which New GM does not address in its letter and for which New GM does not propose redactions, yet which appear to contain the kinds of information including sensitive information and settlem ent discussions that New GM argues, and the Court agrees, should remain permanently redacted. New GM shall therefore file redacted versions of those documents (consistent with its redactions to the other documents) within one week from the date of this Order. SO ORDERED. (Signed by Judge Jesse M. Furman on 10/22/20) Filed In Associated Cases: 1:14-md-02543-JMF, 1:18-cv-01019-JMF (yv)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
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IN RE:
14-MD-2543 (JMF)
GENERAL MOTORS LLC IGNITION SWITCH LITIGATION
This Document Relates To:
Goodwin v. General Motors LLC, 18-CV-2590
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ORDER

JESSE M. FURMAN, United States District Judge:
Several of the filings concerning the parties’ cross-motions to enforce their settlement
agreement remain temporarily under seal. See 18-CV-2590, ECF Nos. 68, 86, 93, 74, 88. On
October 20, 2020, New GM filed a letter-brief addressing what materials should remain
permanently sealed or redacted. See ECF Nos. 99, 100.
In light of the Second Circuit’s recognition of the importance of confidentiality with
respect to the public interest in promoting settlement, see, e.g., Gambale v. Deutsche Bank AG,
377 F.3d 133, 143 (2d Cir. 2004), the Court GRANTS New GM’s application and agrees with
the proposed redactions, substantially for the reasons stated in New GM’s letter.
Some of the materials at issue do not appear on the ECF system, as they were filed before
the Court changed its procedures to enable filing of sealed documents on ECF. Other materials
appear on the ECF system in unredacted form, but with restricted viewing access. To the extent
that there are materials that have not yet been filed on the ECF system, or which appear on the
ECF system only in unredacted form with restricted viewing acces, New GM shall file them —
in a manner consistent with its proposal and this Order — within one week from the date of
this Order. Put differently, within one week from the date of this Order, New GM shall ensure
that the public filings in this matter are consistent with its proposal and this Order.
In addition, there are two documents, 18-CV-2590, ECF Nos. 89, 94, which are
temporarily under seal, but which New GM does not address in its letter and for which New GM
does not propose redactions, yet which appear to contain the kinds of information — including
sensitive information and settlement discussions — that New GM argues, and the Court agrees,
should remain permanently redacted. New GM shall therefore file redacted versions of those
documents (consistent with its redactions to the other documents) within one week from the date
of this Order.
SO ORDERED.
Dated: October 22, 2020
New York, New York

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JESSE M. FURMAN
United States District Judge