Evolution Malta Limited v. Light & Wonder, Inc. ( 2024 )

1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 2 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 3 * * * 4 EVOLUTION MALTA LIMITED, Case No. 2:24-cv-00993-CDS-EJY EVOLUTION GAMING MALTA LIMITED, 5 EVOLUTION GAMING LIMITED, and SIA EVOLUTION LATVIA, ORDER 6 Plaintiff, 7 v. 8 LIGHT & WONDER, INC. f/k/a SCIENTIFIC 9 GAMES CORP. and LNW GAMING, INC. f/k/a SG GAMING, INC., 10 Defendants. 11 12 Pending before the Court is Plaintiffs’ Motion to Seal that seeks to file an unredacted version 13 of the Complaint under seal. ECF No. 2. On June 4, 2024, the Court entered an Order finding “[a] 14 request to seal all or part of a complaint must clearly meet the compelling reasons standard.” Liles 15 v. Cnty. of Sacramento, Case No. 2:24-CV-00416-KJM-CKD, 2024 WL 1971882, at *1 (E.D. Cal. 16 May 3, 2024) (internal quotation omitted); see also Nguyen v. Smith Salon, LLC, Case No. 2:21-CV- 17 00213-KJD-BNW, 2021 WL 6773090, at *1-2 (D. Nev. May 3, 2021). Plaintiffs’ Motion did not 18 initially meet this standard. Plaintiff has filed a Memorandum that explains, in some more detail, 19 why the sealing request was made. ECF No. 14. The Court reviewed the Memorandum and, while 20 the reasoning remains somewhat thin, the Court finds enough information is provided to 21 provisionally grant the Motion to Seal. 22 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiffs’ Motion to Seal (ECF No. 2) is 23 provisionally GRANTED. 24 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that within fourteen (14) days of the date upon which 25 Defendants appear in this case, they must file a report with the Court either agreeing to unseal the 26 Complaint in its entirety or providing the basis upon which Defendants believe the unredacted 27 version of the Complaint should remain sealed. 1 IT IS FURHTER ORDERED that counsel for Plaintiffs must immediately serve a copy of 2 this Order on counsel for Defendants if presently known. If counsel for Defendants is not yet known, 3 then service of this Order by Plaintiffs on Defendants must be made no later than three (3) court 4 days after counsel for Defendants is identified. A Notice of Compliance with this service 5 requirement must be filed by Plaintiffs’ counsel upon completion of the same. 6 DATED this 11th day of June, 2024. 7 8 ELAYNA J. YOUCHAH 9 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27