Syntel Sterling Best Shores Mauritius Limited v. The Trizetto Group, Inc. ( 2020 )

USONUITTEHDE RSTNA DTIESST RDIICSTT ROIFC TN ECWOU YROTR K -------------------------------------------------------------X : SYNTEL STERLING BEST SHORES : MAURITIUS LIMITED, ET AL., : Plaintiffs, : 15 Civ. 211 (LGS) : -against- : ORDER : THE TRIZETTO GROUP, ET AL., : Defendants. : : ------------------------------------------------------------ X LORNA G. SCHOFIELD, District Judge: WHEREAS, by joint letter dated September 10, 2020, Plaintiffs Syntel Inc. and Syntel Sterling Best Shores Mauritius Ltd. (“Syntel”) and Defendants The TriZetto Group Inc. and Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. requested certain redactions to their responses to the pretrial memoranda of law. (Dkt. No. 663). It is hereby ORDERED that the parties’ redaction requests at Dkt. No. 663 are GRANTED in part. Although “[t]he common law right of public access to judicial documents is firmly rooted in our nation’s history,” this right is not absolute, and courts “must balance competing considerations against” the presumption of access. Lugosch v. Pyramid Co. of Onondaga, 435 F.3d 110, 119–20 (2d Cir. 2006) (internal quotation marks omitted); see also Nixon v. Warner Commc’ns., Inc., 435 U.S. 589, 599 (1978) (“[T]he decision as to access is one best left to the sound discretion of the trial court, a discretion to be exercised in light of the relevant facts and circumstances of the particular case.”). The proposed redactions, except for the following, are narrowly tailored to prevent unauthorized dissemination of sensitive business information: • Syntel’s proposed redactions to damages figures in their response to Defendants’ pretrial memorandum of law at Dkt. No. 665 on pages 20 and 25. • Syntel’s proposed redactions to damages figures in Defendants’ response to Syntel’s pretrial memorandum of law at Dkt. No. 666 on page 24. ORDERED that by September 14, 2020, the parties shall file public redacted versions of their responses to the pretrial memoranda of law with redactions as proposed, except for the redactions rejected above. The Clerk of Court is respectfully directed to close Dkt. No. 663. Dated: September 11, 2020 New York, New York LORNA G. SCHOFIEL UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE