Hedgeye Risk Management, LLC v. Dale
- Andrew Carter
- 1:21-cv-03687
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Hedgeye Risk Management v. Dale, Judge Lehrburger ordered Exhibit B filed under seal to protect Dale’s sensitive personnel information.
Hedgeye Risk Management, LLC, the defendants, and particularly Darius Dale, whose sensitive personnel information was described as appearing in Exhibit B.
What happened
Hedgeye Risk Management, LLC v. Dale concerned a request by defendants for immediate court intervention and permission to file an exhibit under seal.
The proposed exhibit was a tweet from Hedgeye President Michael Blum displaying a 2018 internal Hedgeye human-resources record concerning Defendant Darius Dale. The submitting attorney said the record contained sensitive personal information and had previously been designated confidential during discovery.
Judge Lehrburger marked the request “SO ORDERED” on February 15, 2022. The text does not describe any other ruling.
The detailed version
- Hedgeye Risk Management, LLC v. Dale · No. 1:21-cv-03687
- Andrew Carter
- Feb. 15, 2022
Background
Defendants asked the court for immediate intervention and requested permission to file Exhibit B under seal. The request was made in a letter responding to a filing from the previous day. The letter stated that Exhibit B was a tweet from Hedgeye President Michael Blum displaying an internal Hedgeye human-resources record concerning Defendant Darius Dale from 2018.
Arguments in the Request
The letter stated that the document contained sensitive personal information about Dale. It also stated that Hedgeye had previously recognized the document’s sensitivity by designating it “confidential” when producing it during discovery. The letter argued that sealing was appropriate because personnel files may be confidential and their disclosure may cause harm or embarrassment.
Ruling
Judge Robert W. Lehrburger marked the request “SO ORDERED” on February 15, 2022. The text does not state any additional ruling or explain the scope of any sealing order beyond the request concerning Exhibit B.
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