SynQor Inc. v. Vicor Corporation

Filing 633

ORDER re 631 Sealed Order regarding Vicor Corporations Motion to Exclude the Opinions and Testimony of Brett L. Reed (Dkt. No. 390). Signed by Magistrate Judge James Boone Baxter on 10/5/2022. (nlp, )

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
MARSHALL DIVISION
SYNQOR, INC.
V.
VICOR CORPORATION

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Cause No. 2:14CV287-RWS-JBB

ORDER

The Court issues the following sua sponte. Contemporaneously with this Order, the
undersigned United States Magistrate Judge is entering an Order denying Defendant Vicor
Corporation’s Motion to Exclude the Opinions and Testimony of Brett L. Reed (Dkt. No. 390).
Because the Court cites allegations from briefing which the parties have filed under seal, the
Court has sealed the Order.
A district court must use caution when exercising its discretion to place records under
seal because there is a “strong presumption that all trial proceedings should be subject to scrutiny
by the public.” United States v. Holy Land Found. for Relief & Dev., 624 F.3d 685, 690 (5th Cir.
2010); see also Federal Sav. & Loan Ins. Corp. v. Blain, 808 F.2d 395, 399 (5th Cir. 1987)
(“The district court’s discretion to seal the record of judicial proceedings is to be exercised
charily”). Even where no party opposes sealing, the burden is on the movant to establish the
presumption in favor of public records is overcome.
Given this presumption, the Court will unseal the Order. Before doing so, however, the
Court will allow the parties seven days from the date of entry of this Order in which to submit a
proposed publicly-available redacted version of the Order. The parties shall redact only those
portions of the Order with respect to which the parties have a legitimate and overriding business

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interest in maintaining confidentiality and shall be prepared to submit a particularized showing
regarding those redactions in the event the Court finds it necessary.
The parties shall advise the Court in writing if no redactions are necessary.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
SIGNED this the 5th day of October, 2022.

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J. Boone Baxter
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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