IN RE DIDI GLOBAL INC. SECURITIES LITIGATION

Nature of the filing

The provided text is a letter from plaintiffs’ counsel requesting permission to file under seal a letter motion to compel Defendant DiDi’s production of documents and several attached exhibits. It is not a ruling resolving that request.

Request and stated basis

The plaintiffs asked to seal 16 exhibits. They stated that the exhibits had been designated “Confidential” under the parties’ confidentiality stipulation and protective order, or contained discussions of information designated confidential. The exhibits included DiDi’s Chinese-law withholding and redaction logs; letters from DiDi’s and plaintiffs’ counsel; a declaration by Professor Zhang Hong; and documents produced by DiDi, China Renaissance, Morgan Stanley, and Goldman Sachs.

The plaintiffs asserted that the protective order restricted disclosure of materials marked confidential and argued that the materials could contain sensitive, proprietary, or confidential information about defendants’ business and operations. They also identified the parties and counsel who, according to the request, should have access to any sealed documents.

Disposition

The text does not state that Judge Lewis A. Kaplan granted, denied, or otherwise decided the request to seal. It therefore provides no court disposition of the sealing request.