Sportvision, Inc v. MLB Advanced Media L.P.
- Paul Gardephe
- 1:18-cv-03025
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
- 2
In Sportvision v. MLB Advanced Media, Judge Gardephe granted the defendant’s motions to seal sensitive business information.
MLB Advanced Media, L.P., the parties’ confidential business and financial information, and members of the public or competitors seeking access to the documents.
What happened
In Sportvision, Inc. v. MLB Advanced Media, L.P., the defendant had two pending motions asking the court to seal or redact documents. The defendant said the documents contained highly sensitive financial, technical, and commercial information whose disclosure could harm the parties’ businesses and competitors.
At the court’s direction, the defendant submitted one letter combining its arguments for both motions. The court considered the letter and the standard established by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit for sealing judicial records.
The court granted both motions to seal and directed the Clerk of Court to terminate them from the docket. The case metadata identifies Judge Gardephe, while the order was signed by Magistrate Judge Valerie Figueredo.
The detailed version
- Sportvision, Inc v. MLB Advanced Media L.P. · No. 1:18-cv-03025
- Paul Gardephe
- Nov. 22, 2022
Background
MLB Advanced Media, L.P. had two outstanding motions to seal, docketed at ECF Nos. 318 and 359. At the court’s direction, it filed a single letter on November 21, 2022, combining the arguments supporting both motions.
The defendant represented that the motions sought to seal or redact documents containing highly sensitive financial, technical, and commercial information about the parties’ businesses. It asserted that revealing the information publicly and to competitors would cause significant harm.
Court’s analysis
The court stated that courts in the Southern District of New York routinely allow parties to seal or redact commercially sensitive information to protect confidential business and financial interests. Applying the standard established by the Second Circuit in Lugosch v. Pyramid Co., the court found the defendant’s request sufficient.
Ruling
The court granted the defendant’s motions to seal and directed the Clerk of Court to terminate the motions at ECF Nos. 318 and 359. The order is signed by Valerie Figueredo, United States Magistrate Judge, although the supplied case metadata identifies Paul Gardephe as the judge.
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