Manbro Energy Corporation v. Chatterjee Advisors, LLC et al

Filing 306

ORDER granting 303 Letter Motion to Seal. Application GRANTED for substantially the reasons stated above. The Clerk of Court is respectfully directed to maintain under seal all documents currently filed under seal. (Signed by Judge Lorna G. Schofield on 1/18/2023) (mml)

Case 1:20-cv-03773-LGS Document 306 Filed 01/18/23 Page 1 of 1
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January 13, 2023
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Mark A. Kirsch
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The Honorable Lorna G. Schofield
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Re: Manbro Energy Corp. v. Chatterjee Advisors, LLC, No. 20 Civ. 3773 (LGS) (S.D.N.Y.)
Dear Judge Schofield:
I write respectfully on behalf of Defendants regarding the Court’s January 9, 2023 Order,
Dkt. No. 301, which (among other things) seeks Manbro’s position regarding the sealing of
Exhibit A to the Declaration of Mark A. Kirsch in Opposition to Plaintiff’s Motions in Limine.
Defendants previously sought leave to file Exhibit A under seal, see Dkt. No. 274, and
respectfully request that this exhibit remain sealed.
Exhibit A contains “[i]nformation . . . that [Defendants] reasonably and in good faith
believe[] contains or would disclose non-public, confidential, proprietary, financial, . . . or
commercially sensitive information.” Dkt. No. 51 § 1.3. Specifically, this exhibit includes
confidential and personal information regarding non-party investors in Haldia Petrochemicals
Ltd., which is also a non-party. See Dkt. No. 278-1. This information is properly regarded as
confidential and subject to sealing. See Kewazinga Corp. v. Google LLC, 2020 WL 8224932, at
*1 (S.D.N.Y. July 22, 2020) (granting request to file exhibits under seal “to prevent the
unauthorized dissemination of the parties’ confidential business information . . . and third-party
confidential business information and personal information”); see also United States v. Amodeo,
71 F.3d 1044, 1050 (2d Cir. 1995) (“the privacy interests of innocent third parties should weigh
heavily in a court’s balancing equation” when deciding a motion to seal). The Court has
previously granted motions to seal similar information, see Dkt. Nos. 94, 215, 302. Accordingly,
Defendants respectfully request that Exhibit A remain sealed.
We thank the Court for its consideration of this request.
Respectfully,
/s/ Mark A. Kirsch
Mark A. Kirsch
Cc: All counsel of record (via ECF)
Application GRANTED for substantially the reasons stated above.
The Clerk of Court is respectfully directed to maintain under seal
all documents currently filed under seal.
Dated: January 18, 2023
New York, New York