Spectrum Dynamics Medical Limited v. General Electric Company
- Vernon Broderick
- 1:18-cv-11386
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
- 2
In Spectrum Dynamics v. General Electric, Judge Broderick’s court approved redactions of confidential transcript material requested by both parties.
Spectrum Dynamics Medical Limited and General Electric Company, whose requested transcript redactions were approved; the public will not see the identified passages in the publicly available transcript.
What happened
Spectrum Dynamics Medical Limited and General Electric Company jointly asked the court to redact parts of a March 31, 2021 hearing transcript in their case, Spectrum Dynamics v. General Electric.
They said the passages discussed an unpublished GE product, Spectrum’s alleged trade secrets, and internal emails. They argued that releasing the information could cause competitive harm and that the requested redactions were limited.
The court approved the application and directed the court reporter to redact the identified passages. Judge Broderick is listed as the judge for the case.
The detailed version
- Spectrum Dynamics Medical Limited v. General Electric Company · No. 1:18-cv-11386
- Vernon Broderick
- Apr. 23, 2021
Background
Spectrum Dynamics Medical Limited and General Electric Company jointly requested redactions to the publicly available version of a transcript from their March 31, 2021 appearance. The request concerned passages on pages 20, 30–32, and 37 of the transcript.
The Request
The parties asserted that the passages contained confidential information protected by their stipulated confidentiality and protective order. They identified discussions about GE’s development of a product that was not publicly available, as well as details concerning Spectrum’s alleged trade secrets and internal emails. They argued that disclosure could substantially harm GE or Spectrum through competitive injury.
The parties also argued that the request was narrowly tailored and would not deny the public access to information important to the court’s resolution of any issue.
Ruling
The application was granted. The court reporter was directed to redact the passages identified by the parties before the transcript was made publicly available.
The supplied case metadata identifies Vernon Broderick as the judge. The document itself is a joint letter addressed to Katharine H. Parker, a United States magistrate judge, and contains an “APPLICATION GRANTED” notation bearing Parker’s name. The opinion text therefore does not clearly establish whether Vernon Broderick entered the ruling or whether Parker did so.
Read the full 2-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.