IN RE DIDI GLOBAL INC. SECURITIES LITIGATION

What the filing concerns

The provided text is a December 10, 2024 letter from plaintiffs’ counsel to Judge Lewis A. Kaplan. The letter asks for permission to file under seal exhibits attached to plaintiffs’ motion to compel responses to plaintiffs’ second set of document requests, while filing a public version of the motion with placeholder exhibits.

Materials plaintiffs sought to seal

The requested materials were:

- A November 26, 2024 letter concerning search terms and custodians; - Excerpts from Morgan Stanley’s deposition of David Lau, a witness designated under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 30(b)(6); - Emails between plaintiffs’ counsel and underwriters’ counsel dated December 6 concerning custodians; and - A document produced by Goldman Sachs titled “DiDi Working Group List.”

Plaintiffs stated that the materials had been designated confidential under the parties’ confidentiality stipulation and protective order, or contained discussions of information so designated. They also stated that the materials included confidential deposition testimony and communications about confidential documents.

Plaintiffs’ position

Plaintiffs argued that disclosure could violate the protective order and that the designations indicated the materials might contain sensitive, proprietary, or confidential information about business operations. The letter cited decisions discussing narrowly tailored sealing of confidential business information and proposed limiting access to the sealed filing to the parties, their counsel, the court, and other persons permitted by the protective order.

Disposition

The provided text does not include a readable ruling by the court. It therefore does not establish whether Judge Kaplan granted, denied, or otherwise acted on the sealing request.