Ultra Records, LLC v. Ultra International Music Publishing, LLC

Background

Ultra International Music Publishing, LLC asked the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York for permission to file under seal or redact a declaration by Patrick Moxey and accompanying exhibits. The materials were submitted in support of the defendant’s reply concerning its motion to exclude Jeff Rougvie.

The request described the proposed redactions as covering confidential business and financial information, including advance payments to artists, artist names, profits and losses relevant to Ultra Records, LLC’s damages claim, terms of a confidential 2012 agreement between the parties, terms of a confidential settlement agreement with a nonparty, and confidential information and financial records of Ultra Records. The defendant argued that these interests justified keeping the information nonpublic despite the general presumption favoring public access to judicial documents.

Order

The opinion text ends with the court’s statement, “SO ORDERED,” followed by a direction that the Clerk of Court close Docket 116. It does not expressly say that the request to redact or seal the materials was granted, denied, or granted in part and denied in part. The order was signed by Judge Arun Subramanian and dated June 24, 2024.

Effect

Based on the excerpt, the order closed the identified docket concerning the filing request. The text does not provide enough information to state the precise public-access status of each declaration or exhibit or to identify any separate ruling on the motion to exclude.