Associated Newspapers Ltd. v. Google LLC
- P. Castel
- 1:21-cv-03446
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Associated Newspapers Ltd. v. Google LLC, Judge Castel ordered limited personal information in a privilege log kept under seal.
Google LLC, third parties whose personal information appears in the privilege log, and members of the public seeking access to that information.
What happened
Associated Newspapers Ltd. v. Google LLC concerns Google’s request to redact limited personal information from a publicly filed privilege log. The order relates to all consolidated cases in the advertising antitrust litigation.
The court found that third parties’ privacy interests outweighed the presumption that court records should be publicly accessible. It also found that Google’s proposed redactions were narrowly tailored to protect those interests.
Judge Castel ordered the redacted content in the privilege log to remain sealed. The order did not address the underlying antitrust claims.
The detailed version
- Associated Newspapers Ltd. v. Google LLC · No. 1:21-cv-03446
- P. Castel
- Nov. 1, 2022
Background
This order relates to all consolidated cases in In re Google Digital Advertising Antitrust Litigation. Google LLC sought to seal limited personal information contained in Exhibit A to the declaration of Robert J. McCallum, which supported Google’s motion concerning the October 21, 2022 privilege log.
Court’s analysis
The court reviewed Google’s submissions and determined that third parties’ privacy interests in keeping the information sealed outweighed the applicable presumption of public access to court records. The court also concluded that the proposed redactions were narrowly tailored to protect those privacy interests.
Ruling
The court ordered that the redacted content in the publicly filed privilege log in Exhibit A be maintained under seal. This was a sealing ruling and did not decide the underlying antitrust claims.
Read the full 1-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.