In re Omnicom Group. Inc. ERISA Litigation

Document and request

The provided text is a letter from counsel for the plaintiffs, the plan, and the proposed class. It asks Judge Colleen McMahon for permission to file two documents under seal and to redact limited information from those documents that also appears in the plaintiffs’ public briefing supporting their motion for class certification.

Basis for the request

The letter says the documents had been designated “Confidential” by defendants under a protective order. According to the letter, the order covers information such as proprietary business information, trade secrets, non-public creative intellectual property, and other competitively sensitive information. The plaintiffs said they did not independently take the position that the documents required protection, but made the request out of caution and deference to defendants’ designations.

The letter cited the presumption that judicial documents are publicly accessible and stated that this presumption must be weighed against the role of the material and the value of disclosure to the public. It argued that the limited sealing and redactions would still allow the public to understand the substance and grounds of the class-certification motion. The letter also stated that unredacted courtesy copies would be provided to the court and that redacted versions would be filed publicly.

Parties identified

The letter identifies the plaintiffs as Shane Tepper, Surfina Adams, Michael Mensack, Carol Maisonette, and Daniel Dise.

Disposition

The provided text does not include an order, reasoning by the court, or a disposition of the sealing request. It therefore does not establish whether the request was granted, denied, or otherwise resolved.