In re: Elysium Health-Chromadex Litigation

Background The parties filed various motions seeking to have certain exhibits related to summary-judgment and expert-witness motions filed under seal. The requests appeared at Dkt. Nos. 200, 202, 207, 220, 231, 238, 241, 248, 259, 261, 264, 271, and 292. The court stated that it had held a hearing on the summary-judgment and expert-witness motions and had issued two opinions.

Court’s Direction The court directed the parties to review the exhibits under the standards established in Lugosh v. Pyramid Co. of Onondaga and later decisions. By February 18, 2022, the parties had to submit a joint letter listing the documents that should still be sealed. For each exhibit for which confidentiality was sought, the letter could provide no more than one sentence explaining the basis for the request, addressing whether the information had already been publicly disclosed, and addressing whether disclosure at that time would continue to cause competitive or other serious harm.

Ruling Judge Lewis J. Liman ordered the parties to submit the required joint letter. The opinion did not state that any particular exhibit was granted or denied sealing, and it did not identify which documents would remain sealed.