245 Park Member LLC v. HNA Group Company Limited

Background

HNA Group (International) Company Limited, identified as the respondent, submitted an application asking the court to permit redactions in a garnishee statement. The application refers to an order of attachment dated July 25, 2022, which required HNA to serve a garnishee statement within five days after service of the order. The letter also says HNA was the judgment debtor, not a garnishee, and contends that the statutory provision cited in the attachment order did not, by its terms, apply to HNA. Despite that position, HNA said it filed a garnishee statement in compliance with the order.

Requested Redactions

HNA said the statement contained amounts owed by nonparty businesses with ongoing relationships with HNA. According to HNA, the information included confidential business terms and competitively sensitive financial information. HNA argued that disclosure could harm the nonparties and that those potential harms outweighed the general public interest in disclosure. HNA requested permission to file a redacted copy on the court’s electronic filing system while serving an unredacted copy on 245 Park Member LLC’s counsel. The application states that 245 Park’s counsel did not respond to HNA’s request to agree to the proposed redactions or to meet and discuss their scope.

Status

The provided text is a letter application signed by counsel for HNA and addressed to Judge John Koeltl. It asks the court to grant permission to redact confidential and commercially sensitive information, but it does not include the court’s decision on that request. The text therefore does not establish that the application was granted or denied.