SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. v. Arcesium LLC
- Ona Wang
- 1:22-cv-02009
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
- 2
In SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. v. Arcesium LLC, Judge Wang granted the parties’ joint request to seal Arcesium’s reply concerning alleged trade secrets.
Arcesium LLC, SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc., and Advent Software Inc.; the ruling also restricts public access to Arcesium’s reply in support of its motion to compel.
What happened
SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. and Advent Software Inc. sued Arcesium LLC, including over alleged trade-secret misappropriation. Arcesium filed a reply supporting its request to compel SS&C to provide more detail about the alleged trade secrets.
The parties jointly asked the court to keep that reply under seal because it discussed documents SS&C had designated as highly confidential under a protective order. Arcesium did not agree that the documents actually contained trade secrets but agreed that sealing was appropriate at that stage.
Judge Ona T. Wang granted the parties’ joint application to seal Arcesium’s reply and directed the Clerk of Court to close ECF 118.
The detailed version
- SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. v. Arcesium LLC · No. 1:22-cv-02009
- Ona Wang
- Dec. 20, 2022
Background
SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. and Advent Software Inc. brought the action against Arcesium LLC, asserting, among other claims, alleged misappropriation of trade secrets. The parties were briefing Arcesium’s motion to compel concerning whether SS&C should identify its alleged trade secrets with additional specificity.
Arcesium’s reply in support of that motion discussed documents produced by SS&C that purported to reflect and describe SS&C’s alleged trade secrets. SS&C had designated those documents at the highest confidentiality level under the parties’ protective order. Arcesium and SS&C jointly asked the court to file the reply under seal. Arcesium stated that it did not concede the documents actually reflected trade secrets, but agreed that sealing was appropriate at that stage.
Court’s ruling
Judge Ona T. Wang granted the parties’ joint application to seal the defendant’s reply in support of its motion to compel. The order also directed the Clerk of Court to close ECF 118. The ruling concerned access to the filing; it did not decide whether the information actually constituted trade secrets or resolve the motion to compel.
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