MV Realty PBC, LLC v. Innovatus Capital Partners, LLC
- Louis Stanton
- 1:18-cv-07142
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In MV Realty PBC, LLC v. Innovatus Capital Partners, LLC, Judge Stanton’s document records Innovatus’s request to seal discovery materials, not a court ruling.
Innovatus Capital Partners, LLC and the MV Realty parties identified in the letter, including MV Realty PBC, LLC and the other listed parties whose designated confidential information was discussed.
What happened
MV Realty PBC, LLC v. Innovatus Capital Partners, LLC concerns a letter from Innovatus Capital Partners, LLC, which was the plaintiff in a related action and the defendant and cross-claimant in this case. Innovatus asked for permission to file under seal parts of an October 11, 2021 letter and attachments concerning a request for a conference about the MV Realty parties’ alleged failure to produce documents.
Innovatus said the materials included information that the MV Realty parties had labeled confidential or highly confidential under a protective order. It argued that the materials contained proprietary business information, including marketing strategy, financial analysis, and business-development strategy, and asked to keep them sealed while the MV Realty parties provided additional support for sealing.
The provided document does not show a ruling by Judge Stanton on the request. It is a letter from Innovatus’s counsel to Judge Stanton, so the court’s action on the sealing request is unclear from the text provided.
The detailed version
- MV Realty PBC, LLC v. Innovatus Capital Partners, LLC · No. 1:18-cv-07142
- Louis Stanton
- Oct. 21, 2021
Document and procedural setting
The provided text is a letter from counsel for Innovatus Capital Partners, LLC to Judge Louis L. Stanton. Innovatus was identified as the plaintiff in a related action and as the defendant and cross-claimant in MV Realty PBC, LLC v. Innovatus Capital Partners, LLC. The letter concerns a request to file materials under seal in connection with a discovery dispute.
Request to seal
Innovatus asked for permission to file under seal portions of its October 11, 2021 letter and accompanying attachments. The letter concerned Innovatus’s request for a pre-motion conference regarding what it described as the MV Realty parties’ prolonged failure to produce responsive documents.
Innovatus stated that the proposed redactions protected references to and quotations from information designated by the MV Realty parties as “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL” or “CONFIDENTIAL” under a protective order. The letter quoted the protective order’s definitions, including information believed to create a substantial risk of serious financial, competitive, or other injury if disclosed publicly. Innovatus also referred to the protective order’s required filing procedures.
Arguments stated in the letter
Innovatus argued that materials revealing marketing strategy, financial analysis, and business-development strategy may qualify for protection from public disclosure. It also cited authority stating that the public-access presumption is lower for documents involved in discovery disputes than for documents used to decide the merits of a case.
Innovatus asked the court to allow the October 11 letter and attachments to be filed under seal while the MV Realty parties submitted more detail explaining why the materials should remain sealed.
Disposition
The provided text contains no order or other ruling resolving Innovatus’s request. It therefore does not establish whether Judge Stanton granted, denied, or otherwise acted on the sealing request.
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