Las Vegas Sun, Inc. v. Adelson ( 2023 )

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 18 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 19 20 LAS VEGAS SUN, INC., Case No. 2:19-cv-01667-ART-VCF 21 Plaintiff, ORDER APPROVING (ECF No. 899) 22 v. STIPULATION REGARDING SEALING 23 DEFENDANTS’ REPLY IN SUPPORT OF SHELDON ADELSON, et al., MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT 24 AND RELATED EXHIBITS Defendants. 25 26 AND RELATED COUNTERCLAIM 27 28 1 Plaintiff/Counterdefendant LAS VEGAS SUN, INC., and Counterdefendants BRIAN 2 GREENSPUN and GREENSPUN MEDIA GROUP, LLC (collectively the “Sun”), by and through 3 their counsel Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP, Pisanelli Bice PLLC, and the Alioto Law Firm, 4 and Defendant/Counterclaimant LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL, INC., and Defendants 5 NEWS+MEDIA CAPITAL GROUP LLC, THE ESTATE OF SHELDON ADELSON, PATRICK 6 DUMONT, and INTERFACE OPERATIONS LLC dba ADFAM (collectively “Defendants”), by 7 and through their counsel of record, Kemp Jones, LLP, Jenner & Block LLP, and Richard L. Stone, 8 Esq., hereby stipulate and agree as follows: 9 1. On March 18, 2022, the Court ordered, inter alia, the parties to meet and confer prior 10 to filing any additional motions to seal. ECF No. 619. The parties’ met-and-conferred on August 11 30, 2023, regarding sealing relating to Defendants’ Reply in Support of Motion for Summary 12 Judgment and related exhibits (the “Reply”). Lucy Crow, Esq., on behalf of the Sun, and Mona 13 Kaveh, Esq., on behalf of Defendants, engaged in a meet and confer. 14 2. The parties agree that the following, and any references thereto, are appropriate for 15 sealing and meet the compelling reasons standard under Kamakana v. City and County of Honolulu, 16 447 F.3d 1172 (9th Cir. 2006): 17  Exhibit B: Excerpts of the Deposition of Brian Greenspun, dated March 23, 2022. 18 The sensitive portions referenced in the Reply have been designated as 19 “Confidential” by the Sun pursuant to the parties’ Confidentiality and Protective 20 Order (ECF No. 87) (the “Protective Order”). 21  Exhibit C: Excerpts of the Deposition of Robert Picard, dated March 21, 2023. The 22 sensitive portions referenced in the Reply have been designated as “Confidential” 23 by the Sun pursuant to the parties’ Protective Order. 24  Exhibit D: Excerpts of Robert Picard Initial Expert Report, dated September 19, 25 2022. Dr. Picard’s expert report has been designated “Confidential” by the Sun 26 pursuant to the parties’ Protective Order. 27  Exhibit E: Excerpts of Robert Picard Rebuttal Expert Report, dated January 18, 28 ] pursuant to the parties’ Protective Order. 2 ° Exhibit G: Excerpts of Transcript of Arbitration Proceedings, Day 7, AM Sessior 3 in AAA Case No. 01-18-0000-7567, dated April 26, 2019. The 2019 □□□□□□□□□□□ 4 materials have previously been ordered sealed by the Nevada State District Cour 5 and the Nevada Supreme Court. This Court has agreed that they shall remain seale: 6 in these proceedings. 7 ° Exhibit H: Excerpts of Transcript of Arbitration Proceedings, Day 8, in AAA Cas 8 No. 01-18-0000-7567, dated May 9, 2019. The 2019 arbitration materials hav 9 previously been ordered sealed by the Nevada State District Court and the Nevad 10 Supreme Court. This Court has agreed that they shall remain sealed in thes 11 proceedings. 12 3. The parties also understand that the deposition pages/lines attached to the Reply ma || contain other lines on the same deposition pages marked by the parties as Confidential and/o Highly Confidential that are unrelated to, or not referenced/quoted in, the Reply. The parties agre 15 || to redact any other lines designated as Confidential and/or Highly Confidential that are containe || in the deposition pages attached to the Reply and that neither party is conceding to its confidentialit: 17|| for the purpose of this Reply. || /// /// IT IS SO ORDERED. 20|| □ □□ f j Vd a AnneR. Traum —(i‘—~s~™S 22 United States District Court Judge 23 24 DATED: September 5, 2023 25 26 27 28