Securities and Exchange Commission v. Rosenberger

Nature of the document

The provided text is a letter motion submitted by counsel for Defendant Joanna Lanni. Counsel asked Judge Denise L. Cote for permission to file Exhibits 3–6, 9, and 10 to a declaration under seal.

Arguments in support of sealing

Counsel stated that the exhibits contain sensitive, nonpublic accounting memoranda and other business information belonging to Synchronoss Technologies, Inc., Lanni’s former employer. According to the letter, Synchronoss produced the materials to the Securities and Exchange Commission during a pre-suit investigation, and the materials were not otherwise available to the public.

The letter described the three-step inquiry used in the Second Circuit to evaluate public access to court documents: whether the material is a “judicial document,” the weight of any presumption of public access, and whether competing interests—such as privacy or protection of sensitive business information—outweigh that presumption. Counsel argued that the exhibits were not judicial documents, were not entitled to a presumption of public access, and contained commercially and competitively sensitive information warranting sealing.

Disposition

The provided text does not include a court ruling. It therefore does not state whether the request to seal was granted, denied, or otherwise resolved.

Name discrepancy

The supplied case name is “Securities and Exchange Commission v. Rosenberger,” but the provided document identifies the matter as “SEC v. Joanna Lanni.” This summary uses the case name shown in the opinion text.