Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLC, et al. v. MaxLinear, inc.
- Alvin Hellerstein
- 1:23-cv-04436
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
- 3
In Comcast Cable Communications Management v. MaxLinear, Judge Hellerstein received Comcast’s request to redact and seal documents; the provided text contains no ruling.
Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLC; Comcast Cable Communications, LLC; MaxLinear, inc.; and the public’s access to the identified court-filed materials.
What happened
In Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLC, et al. v. MaxLinear, inc., Comcast asked the court to allow redactions in a joint discovery letter and several exhibits, while filing unredacted versions under seal. Comcast said the materials contain confidential business, commercial, market, customer, and technology information. MaxLinear did not oppose the request pending review of Comcast’s specific redactions, although Comcast disagreed that one exhibit contained MaxLinear’s confidential or trade-secret information.
Comcast argued that public disclosure could cause financial harm, competitive disadvantages, and problems in future negotiations. It asked for temporary redactions of information connected to MaxLinear to give MaxLinear an opportunity to seek permanent sealing.
The provided text does not include a court order or ruling by Judge Hellerstein. It is a letter requesting permission to file redacted documents publicly and unredacted documents under seal.
The detailed version
- Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLC, et al. v. MaxLinear, inc. · No. 1:23-cv-04436
- Alvin Hellerstein
- Sept. 26, 2025
Nature of the document
The provided text is a September 18, 2025 letter from Comcast’s counsel to Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein. It requests permission to file certain materials in redacted form on the public docket and unredacted versions under seal. The text does not contain a judicial order or disposition.
Materials at issue
The request concerns a joint letter about MaxLinear’s requests for production numbers 66 and 67; excerpts from two Comcast internal documents; excerpts from a Comcast executive’s deposition transcript; and MaxLinear’s responses and objections to Comcast Interrogatory No. 5.
Arguments in the letter
Comcast states that proposed redactions in the joint letter and several exhibits concern confidential information about its cable-network rollout plans, commercial arrangements with vendors, terms of arrangements with MaxLinear and other non-party vendors, and sensitive market information about its broadband Internet business and customers. Comcast argues that disclosure could cause financial harm and competitive disadvantage, including by giving competitors information about vendor relationships, business practices, and negotiation positions.
Comcast also states that MaxLinear considers Exhibit 6 to contain confidential, proprietary, or trade-secret information about its technology. Comcast disagrees with that position but seeks temporary redactions of Exhibit 6 and related information so MaxLinear can decide whether to request permanent sealing. The letter says the parties met and conferred and that MaxLinear did not oppose the request pending review of Comcast’s specific proposed redactions.
Status
The letter asks the court to accept the narrowly tailored redacted versions of the identified documents. The provided text does not state whether Judge Hellerstein granted, denied, or otherwise resolved the request.
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