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 v. Arcesium, Judge Wang granted the parties’ request to seal an exhibit and agenda materials containing highly confidential information.
SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc., Advent Software, Inc., and Arcesium LLC, whose requested conference materials were permitted to be sealed or redacted.
What happened
SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc., Advent Software, Inc., and Arcesium LLC jointly asked the court to restrict public access to materials for a conference.
The requested materials referred to information labeled highly confidential and included testimony that SS&C had designated for outside counsel and experts only. The parties said disclosure could harm competitive standing.
Judge Ona T. Wang granted the application and ordered it accordingly. The ruling concerned only sealing and redacting documents, not the underlying dispute.
The detailed version
- SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. v. Arcesium LLC · No. 1:22-cv-02009
- Ona Wang
- Oct. 18, 2023
Background
SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. and Advent Software, Inc. were the plaintiffs and counterclaim-defendants. Arcesium LLC was the defendant and counterclaim-plaintiff. The parties jointly requested permission to file under seal an exhibit to the agenda for a September 12 conference, redact the agenda, and file an unredacted version of the agenda under seal.
The Request
The exhibit referred to documents that Arcesium had designated “highly confidential—outside counsel and experts’ eyes only.” The agenda also quoted testimony that SS&C had given the same designation. The parties argued that this information was protected because public disclosure could harm a litigant’s competitive standing. Their request relied on the presumption of public access to judicial documents and the need to balance that presumption against privacy and competitive interests.
Ruling
Judge Ona T. Wang entered the order: “Application GRANTED. SO ORDERED.” The court therefore granted the parties’ request to seal the exhibit, redact the agenda, and file the unredacted agenda under seal. The opinion does not address the merits of the parties’ underlying claims or counterclaims.
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