Harrington Global Opportunity Fund, Limited v. BofA Securities, Inc.
- Lorna Schofield
- 1:21-cv-00761
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Harrington Global Opportunity Fund v. BofA Securities, Judge Figueredo ordered sealing proponents to justify permanent sealing by August 1, 2025.
Parties interested in permanently sealing the documents associated with ECF Nos. 477, 480, 492, and 500.
What happened
Harrington Global Opportunity Fund, Limited v. BofA Securities, Inc. concerns requests to permanently seal documents filed at four docket entries. The opinion does not describe the underlying dispute or the documents’ contents.
The court directed interested parties to make the showing required for sealing under the cited Second Circuit decision by August 1, 2025. It stated that relying only on a protective order is not enough to justify sealing or redacting documents.
Judge Valerie Figueredo, the United States Magistrate Judge who signed the order, issued this direction on July 1, 2025. The order does not itself grant or deny the permanent-sealing requests.
The detailed version
- Harrington Global Opportunity Fund, Limited v. BofA Securities, Inc. · No. 1:21-cv-00761
- Lorna Schofield
- July 1, 2025
Background
The order addresses requests to permanently seal documents associated with ECF Nos. 477, 480, 492, and 500. The opinion does not identify the documents’ contents or explain the underlying claims in the case.
Court’s Analysis
The court directed parties interested in permanent sealing to make the required showing under Lugosch v. Pyramid Co. of Onondaga, 435 F.3d 11 (2d Cir. 2006), by August 1, 2025. The court stated that citing a protective order alone is insufficient to justify sealing. It also cited an earlier Southern District of New York decision stating that the existence of a protective order, by itself, is not enough to support sealing or redaction.
Disposition
The order directs interested parties to submit the required showing by the stated deadline. It does not state that the sealing requests were granted or denied.
Judge
The order was signed by Valerie Figueredo, United States Magistrate Judge.
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