Bid for Position, LLC v. AOL, LLC et al

Filing 133

Bid for Position, LLC v. AOL, LLC et al

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA NORFOLK DIVISION BID FOR POSITION, LLC, Plaintiff, v. AOL, LLC, GOOGLE, INC., MICROSOFT CORP., and MIVA, INC., Defendants. CASE NO. 2:07-cv-582 JBF/TEM

PLAINTIFF'S MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF MOTION TO SEAL Plaint iff Bid For Position, LLC ("Bid For") is filing in this action certain deposition testimony attached as Exhibit F to the July 6, 2008 Declaration of David E. Rosen. For the reasons set forth below, this Court should maintain those documents under seal. The presumption in favor of public disclosure of court records can be overcome by a significant countervailing interest. See Under Seal v. Under Seal, 326 F.3d 479, 485-86 (4th Cir. 2003). One such significant countervailing interest is a litigant's desire to protect trade secret or other commercially sensitive information. Id.; see also Nixon v. Warner Communications, 435 U.S. 589, 598-99, 55 L. Ed. 2d 570, 98 S. Ct. 1306 (1978) (recognizing that "the right to inspect and copy judicial records is not absolute," and that "courts have refused to permit their files to serve as . . . sources of business information that might harm a litigant's competitive standing"). Bid For is obligated to take reasonable steps to maintain the confidentiality of its materials, including deposition testimony, designated as confidential and commercially sensitive by defendant Google, in accordance with the terms of the Agreed Protective Order in this action.

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Since the entirety of the cited deposition testimony is confidential and has been deemed by Google to be commercially sensit ive, a more limited redaction would be an unsuitable alternative. For the foregoing reasons, Bid For respectfully requests that the Court maintain under seal Exhibit F to the July 6, 2008 Declaration of David E. Rosen, as well as citations thereto contained in Bid For's Brief in Opposition to Google's Motion for Protective Order. Dated: July 6, 2008 Respect fully submitted, BID FOR POSITION, LLC B y Counsel /s/ R. Braxton Hill, IV (VSB No. 41539) [e-mail] m Craig T. Merritt (VSB No. 20281) Nicho le Buck Vanderslice (VSB No. 42637) Christ ian & Barton, LLP 909 East Main Street, Suite 1200 Richmo nd, Virginia 23219-3095 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: 804-697-4112 Gregory S. Dovel, p.h.v Christ in Cho, p.h.v Dovel & Luner, LLP 201 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 600 Santa Monica, CA 90401 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: 310-657-7069 David Rosen, p.h.v Murphy Rosen & Meylan LLP 100 Wilshire Boulevard Suite 300 Santa Monica, CA 9040l Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: 310-399-7201 ATTORNEYS FOR BID 2

FOR POSITION, LLC CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on July 6, 2008, I will electronically file the foregoing with the Clerk of Court using the CM/ECF system, which will then send a notification of such filing (NEF) to the following: David Andrew Perlson Attorney for Google, Inc. Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges 50 California St 22nd Floor San Francisco, CA 94111 [phone] [phone] (fax) Email: [e-mail] Stephen Edward Noona Attorney for Google, Inc. Kaufman & Canoles PC 150 W Main St PO Box 3037 Norfolk, VA 23510 [phone] Email: [e-mail] Robert L. Burns Attorney for AOL, LLC Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP Two Freedon Square 11955 Freedom Drive Reston, VA 20190 [phone] [phone] (fax) Email: [e-mail] Stephen Edward Noona Attorney for AOL, LLC Kaufman & Canoles PC 150 W Main St PO Box 3037 Norfolk, VA 23510 [phone] Email: [e-mail] Paul Douglas Ackerman Attorney for MIVA, Inc. Dorsey & Whitney, LLP 250 Park Avenue New York, NY 10117 [phone] [phone] (fax) [e-mail] Dana Johannes Finberg Attorney for MIVA, Inc. LeClair Ryan PC PO Box 2499 Richmond, VA 23218-2499 [phone]

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[phone] (fax) Email: [e-mail] /s/ R. Braxton Hill, IV (VSB 41539) Attorney for Bid for Position, LLC Christ ian & Barton, LLP 909 East Main Street, Suite 1200 Richmo nd, Virginia 23219-3095 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Email: [e-mail]

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