JLT Specialty Insurance Services Inc. v. NFP Property and Casualty Services

Background

The provided text is a November 22, 2019 letter from Shawn Matthew Clark, counsel for Plaintiff JLT Specialty Insurance Services Inc., to Judge Kenneth M. Karas. The letter asks permission to file exhibits under seal in support of JLT’s opposition to Defendant NFP Property and Casualty Services, Inc.’s motion to transfer or dismiss the complaint.

Requested Sealing

The proposed sealed exhibits consisted of emails and attachments concerning NFP’s hiring of four people who formerly worked for JLT and the terms of those individuals’ employment. JLT stated that NFP had produced the documents in a related action, JLT Specialty Insurance Services Inc. v. Pestana, et al., No. 3:19-cv-02427 (N.D. Cal.), under a stipulated protective order covering patents, highly sensitive confidential information, and trade secrets.

JLT acknowledged that the exhibits were judicial documents because it intended to rely on them in opposing NFP’s motion. It argued that the public-access presumption was outweighed by the privacy interests of nonparties whose employment information appeared in the documents. JLT also stated that the proposed exhibits were listed in a publicly filed declaration with placeholder exhibit pages and could be provided to the court for private review.

Disposition

The provided text does not contain a court order or ruling. It shows only JLT’s request for permission to file the exhibits under seal. No disposition of that request, the motion to transfer, or the motion to dismiss appears in the text.