Vinci Brands LLC v. Coach Services, Inc.
- Lorna Schofield
- 1:23-cv-05138
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Vinci Brands LLC v. Coach Services, Inc., Judge Figueredo granted Vinci’s motion to provisionally seal a discovery exhibit.
Vinci Brands LLC, Case-Mate, Inc., and the public’s access to the two-page exhibit designated confidential.
What happened
In Vinci Brands LLC v. Coach Services, Inc., Vinci asked the court to temporarily seal two pages of an exhibit attached to its motion concerning a protective order. The pages came from a deposition transcript, and Case-Mate, Inc. had designated them as confidential.
Vinci filed an unredacted copy of the exhibit under seal while Case-Mate decided whether to seek permanent sealing. The request concerned only provisional restrictions on public access to the exhibit.
Judge Valerie Figueredo granted the motion for a provisional seal. The court directed Case-Mate, Inc. to justify any request for permanent sealing by May 17, 2025, and directed the Clerk to maintain the viewing restrictions and terminate the related motion.
The detailed version
- Vinci Brands LLC v. Coach Services, Inc. · No. 1:23-cv-05138
- Lorna Schofield
- May 7, 2025
Background
Vinci Brands LLC asked the court to provisionally seal Exhibit A to its letter motion seeking relief from a protective order. The exhibit was attached to a motion in a case involving Coach Services, Inc. and others.
The court had entered a confidentiality agreement, called a protective order, on February 7, 2024. That order allowed the parties to designate discovery materials and deposition transcripts as confidential or highly confidential.
Vinci had taken the deposition of Kristen Roney, an employee of Case-Mate, Inc., on April 24, 2024. Case-Mate designated portions of the transcript as confidential. Exhibit A contained two pages with that designation. Vinci therefore filed an unredacted version under seal while Case-Mate had an opportunity to seek permanent sealing.
Ruling
Judge Valerie Figueredo granted the motion for a provisional seal. The order directed Case-Mate, Inc., if it wanted the document permanently sealed, to make the required showing under Lugosch v. Pyramid Co. of Onondaga by May 17, 2025. The Clerk of Court was directed to maintain the viewing restrictions at ECF No. 818 and terminate the motion at ECF No. 817.
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