Fishon v. Peloton Interactive, Inc.

Background

The parties jointly asked the court to redact or seal documents previously filed in connection with the plaintiffs’ motion for class certification, the plaintiffs’ reply, and Peloton’s motion to exclude the plaintiffs’ experts’ testimony. The requested protections covered confidential consumer and market research, financial and business information, pricing and budgeting information, competitor analysis, product-development information, website code, brand strategy, marketing plans, and personal identifying information.

The parties also asked that some documents remain entirely under seal because, they said, redacting them would leave nothing meaningful for the public to read. They did not oppose unsealing other exhibits previously submitted for sealing. The request was made under the court’s individual practices and a prior January 21, 2022 order.

Court’s ruling

The court granted the motion with one exception. Eric Fishon’s name appearing in Defendant’s Exhibit 29, originally filed at Docket No. 142-1, was to be unredacted. The court approved all other requested redactions and requests to file documents under seal.

The order therefore allowed the parties to protect the specified confidential business information and private information while requiring Fishon’s name in that exhibit to remain public. The opinion did not rule on class certification, the admissibility of expert testimony, or the underlying claims.

Classification

This is a procedural order concerning sealing and redaction of court filings. It did not decide the merits of the dispute.