Remcoda, LLC v. Ridge Hill Trading LTD

Background

Defendant Russell Gross filed a motion to dismiss Remcoda, LLC’s Second Amended Complaint and supporting materials. Those filings were under seal. The parties submitted a letter addressing which documents, if any, should remain sealed.

Ridge Hill Trading (PTY) LTD, Ataraxia Capital Partners PTY LTD, and Gross did not seek redactions or continued sealing of any of the motion-to-dismiss filings. They also did not oppose Remcoda’s requests.

Requested redactions and sealing

Remcoda proposed redacting personal identifying information from several documents, including home addresses, telephone numbers, and a file number in an ALTA Settlement Statement. It also proposed redacting portions of a declaration and Gross’s memorandum of law that described documents that would remain sealed or be redacted.

Remcoda proposed keeping several documents entirely sealed. One was Marc Garson’s expired New York driver’s license, which Remcoda said contained sensitive personal information. The other documents, according to Remcoda, contained proprietary business information and trade secrets involving financing arrangements, supplier relationships, and similar competitive information.

Ruling

Judge Edgardo Ramos granted the request. He directed Gross to refile on the electronic docket the documents that should be unsealed, including any redactions identified in the parties’ submission. The court stated that the previous seal would remain in effect.