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S.D.N.Y.Procedural orderFiled May 5, 2025

Deckers Outdoor Corporation v. Next Step Group, Inc.

Judge
Andrew Carter
Docket
1:23-cv-02545
Court
U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
Pages
1
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In one sentence

In Deckers Outdoor Corporation v. Next Step Group, Inc., Magistrate Judge Figueredo granted sealing but required narrower redactions and a new filing.

Who this affects

Deckers Outdoor Corporation must file the more narrowly redacted version by May 30, 2025. Next Step Group, Inc.’s designated confidential financial and proprietary business information is affected by the sealing and redaction ruling.

What happened

In Deckers Outdoor Corporation v. Next Step Group, Inc., Deckers asked to seal an unredacted court filing containing financial information that Next Step had designated confidential or highly confidential.

The court granted the motion to seal. It also directed Deckers to file an unsealed version of ECF No. 104 with narrower redactions, limited to the financial information, by May 30, 2025.

Magistrate Judge Valerie Figueredo directed the Clerk of Court to terminate the motion at ECF No. 103. The order did not decide the parties’ underlying dispute.

The detailed version

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Case
Deckers Outdoor Corporation v. Next Step Group, Inc. · No. 1:23-cv-02545
Judge
Andrew Carter
Date
May 5, 2025

Background

Deckers submitted a letter-motion asking to seal the unredacted version of ECF No. 105-1. Deckers said the material it sought to redact contained financial information produced by Next Step in the case and designated by Next Step as confidential or highly confidential because it contained financial and proprietary business information.

Ruling

The court granted the motion to seal. The court also directed Deckers to file an unsealed version of ECF No. 104 with more narrowly tailored redactions, limited to the financial information, by May 30, 2025.

Disposition

The Clerk of Court was directed to terminate the motion at ECF No. 103. This order addressed sealing and redactions; it did not resolve the underlying claims or defenses.

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