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 v. Arcesium, Judge Wang granted the request to seal privilege and deposition-topic letters, subject to later unsealing.
SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc., Advent Software Inc., and Arcesium LLC, whose specified letters and attachments may remain sealed; members of the public seeking access to those documents may be affected by the sealing order.
What happened
SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. and Advent Software Inc. v. Arcesium LLC concerns the parties’ joint request to file certain letters and attachments under seal. The materials addressed disputes about legal privilege and topics for organizational depositions.
The parties said the deposition-topic letters referred to information SS&C had designated confidential, including alleged trade secrets. The court had already approved sealing the privilege letters and had previously sealed similar information.
Judge Wang granted the application. The court left open the possibility of partially or completely unsealing the documents after a decision resolving the case, whether that decision is final or interim.
The detailed version
- SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. v. Arcesium LLC · No. 1:22-cv-02009
- Ona Wang
- Aug. 2, 2023
What the parties requested
Arcesium and SS&C jointly asked to file under seal supplemental letter briefs and related attachments concerning two discovery disputes: privilege and topics for Rule 30(b)(6) depositions. Rule 30(b)(6) allows a party to designate an organization to provide testimony through one or more representatives on specified topics.
Basis for sealing
The request stated that the Rule 30(b)(6) letters referred to material SS&C had designated confidential under the protective order. The letters were expected to include SS&C’s trade-secret supplements, which SS&C had designated at the highest confidentiality level permitted by that order. Arcesium did not concede that the information actually constituted trade secrets but agreed that information of this type can overcome the usual presumption favoring public access to court documents.
The opinion states that the court had already granted the request to seal the privilege letters at a July 18, 2023 conference. It also states that the court had previously granted a request to seal similar information.
Ruling
Judge Wang granted the application to file the letters and related attachments under seal. The order expressly states that the sealing was granted without prejudice to partially or wholly unsealing the documents after a dispositive decision—that is, a decision resolving the case or a portion of it—whether final or interim.
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