Johnson v. C R Bard Incorporated
- Kenneth Karas
- 7:19-cv-08478
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
- 3
In Johnson v. C. R. Bard, Judge Karas received Johnson’s request to seal confidential Exhibit A, but this filing does not show a ruling.
Miranda Johnson and defendants C. R. Bard, Inc. and Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.; the request concerns public access to Exhibit A and information the filing describes as defendants’ confidential, proprietary, and trade-secret information.
What happened
In Johnson v. C. R. Bard, Miranda Johnson asked the Southern District of New York for permission to file Exhibit A to a motion to consolidate under seal.
Johnson’s filing says the exhibit contains confidential information protected by a stipulated protective order in related Bard litigation. It argues that the exhibit includes defendants’ proprietary and trade-secret information and that there is good cause to prevent public disclosure.
The filing identifies Judge Kenneth M. Karas as the judge, but it does not include a court ruling on the request. The text therefore shows only that Johnson sought permission to seal Exhibit A, not whether the request was granted or denied.
The detailed version
- Johnson v. C R Bard Incorporated · No. 7:19-cv-08478
- Kenneth Karas
- Dec. 16, 2019
Document and request
This document is Plaintiff’s motion for leave to file confidential information under seal. Miranda Johnson asks the court to seal Exhibit A to her motion to consolidate this case with three related cases identified in the filing.
Basis for sealing
The filing states that Exhibit A contains confidential information protected by the stipulated protective order in the Bard multidistrict litigation. It says the defendants designated the exhibit as confidential because it allegedly reveals confidential, proprietary, and trade-secret information. The motion relies on Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c)(1), which allows a court to protect certain confidential commercial information from public disclosure when there is good cause.
Disposition
The provided text contains Johnson’s request and supporting argument but does not contain an order granting or denying the motion. No disposition of the sealing request can be stated from this text.
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