Lozada v. TaskUs, Inc.

Background

Plaintiffs Humberto Lozada and Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System requested permission to file under seal the unredacted version of their supplemental memorandum supporting their motion for class certification and appointment of class representatives and class counsel. They also sought to file Exhibits 5–7 and 9 under seal.

The materials included information that Defendants had designated as confidential discovery material under the parties’ confidentiality agreement and protective order. The parties had conferred and agreed that the materials could be sealed. Defendants had not withdrawn their confidentiality designations, and Plaintiffs did not oppose those designations for purposes of the sealing motion. Plaintiffs filed a redacted version of the memorandum and the exhibits under seal while awaiting the court’s ruling.

Court’s Analysis

The court found that Defendants’ interest in preserving the confidentiality of the redacted portions outweighed the presumption of public access to the judicial documents containing that information. The court identified the information as including details about TaskUs’s response to the Spruce Report and the company’s securities trading policy. The court cited Lugosch v. Pyramid Co. of Onondaga.

Ruling

Judge John P. Cronan granted the request to keep the unredacted supplemental memorandum and Exhibits 5–7 and 9 under seal. The Clerk of Court was directed to maintain those materials under seal and to close Docket Number 168.