Farsura v. QC Terme US Corp

Background

QC Terme US Corp. renewed its request to seal portions of Defense Exhibit 78 and Plaintiff Exhibit 77. The request followed the court’s January 17, 2025 order and was made under Rule 2.G.2 of Judge Preska’s individual practices. Farsura did not oppose the motion.

The motion stated that the exhibits included minutes from an October 25, 2017 meeting of the QC Terme executive committee. The court had previously found that the portions QC Terme proposed to redact described business strategies that should be sealed. The court also found that those portions were largely collateral to the factual and legal issues central to QC Terme’s motion for summary judgment and contained specific business information and strategies that could provide competitors with insight into the company’s current business practices.

QC Terme specifically distinguished between portions of the meeting minutes. Pages 1 through 3 contained information relevant to the validity of the Operating Agreement and Farsura’s role in the Governors Island development. The proposed redactions concerned financial projections and business strategies for other, unrelated QC Terme locations.

Ruling

Judge Loretta A. Preska granted the defendant’s unopposed motion to seal portions of Defense Exhibit 78 and Plaintiff Exhibit 77. The opinion does not state that the court sealed the exhibits in their entirety, and it does not include a separate ruling on the underlying claims or on the summary-judgment motion.