Jiangsu Huari Webbing Leather Co., Ltd. v. Joes Identified in Schedule A
- Rochon
- 1:23-cv-02605
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
- 2
In Jiangsu Huari v. Joes Identified in Schedule A, Judge Rochon granted Hyponix’s unopposed sealing application for minor proprietary-information redactions.
Hyponix Brands Ltd., the parties’ counsel, the Court, Court personnel, and public access to the specified filings.
What happened
In Jiangsu Huari Webbing Leather Co., Ltd. v. Joes Identified in Schedule A, former defendant Hyponix Brands Ltd. asked to seal limited portions of a supplemental declaration and an exhibit. Hyponix said the material contained sensitive business information about negotiations with a third party and its valuation.
The requested redactions covered two sentences and two information cells. Hyponix said the redactions would protect proprietary information while leaving its lost-sales damages and calculations unredacted. The application was unopposed.
Judge Jennifer L. Rochon granted the sealing application for substantially the stated reasons and because the redactions were minor. The court ordered unredacted copies already filed through the electronic filing system to remain restricted, while allowing access by the parties’ counsel, the court, and court personnel.
The detailed version
- Jiangsu Huari Webbing Leather Co., Ltd. v. Joes Identified in Schedule A · No. 1:23-cv-02605
- Rochon
- Jan. 2, 2024
Background
Former defendant Hyponix Brands Ltd. filed a motion seeking bond damages, sanctions, costs, and attorney fees. In support of that motion, Hyponix filed a supplemental declaration and asked to keep the declaration under seal. Hyponix also sought to seal limited portions of an exhibit to that declaration.
Hyponix stated that the requested material concerned negotiations with a third party and a related valuation of Hyponix. The proposed redactions consisted of two sentences in the declaration and two information cells in the exhibit. Hyponix represented that its lost-sales damages and related calculations would remain unredacted. The application was unopposed.
Ruling
Judge Jennifer L. Rochon granted Hyponix’s sealing application for substantially the reasons stated in the application and because the minor redactions were insignificant. The court noted that unredacted copies had been filed through the electronic filing system with access restricted to selected parties, and ordered those documents to retain their restricted viewing level. The order did not rule on Hyponix’s request for damages, sanctions, costs, or attorney fees.
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