Spectrum Dynamics Medical Limited v. General Electric Company ( 2022 )

LHOMP S ON ATLANTA CINCINNATI COLUMBUS NEW YORK HIN E CHICAGO CLEVELAND DAYTON WASHINGTON, D.C. starch 28.3022 APPLICATION GRANTED arc , i f SO ORDERED A Jenne BLA VIAECF ceice VERNON S. BRODERICK on. Vernon S. Broderic United States District Court US.DJ. 04/06/22 Southern District of New York The parties are directed to Rule 5.B. of my Individual Rules Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse —& Practices in Civil Cases and to meet and confer as 40 Foley Square, Room 415 necessary to determine if the written responses can be filed New York, New York 10007 in redacted form on ECF. Re: Spectrum Dynamics Medical Limited v. General Electric Company, et al., Case No.: 18-cv-11386 (VSB) Dear Judge Broderick: We represent Defendants in the above-referenced action. We write pursuant to Rule 5.B of Your Honor’s Individual Practices in Civil Cases to respectfully request permission to file under seal Defendants’ Letter Motion for Extension of Time and Exhibits 1 and 2 thereto, which are being filed today, and contain information that Plaintiff claims constitutes Highly Confidential Information under the parties’ Stipulated Confidentiality and Protective Order (Dkt. 156). The presumption of public access to judicial documents can be overcome if countervailing factors warrant confidentiality. See Lugosch v. Pyramid Co. of Onondaga, 435 F.3d 110, 120 (2d Cir. 2006); see also Nixon vy. Warner Commc’ns Inc., 435 U.S. 589, 598 (1978). Sealing of records may be justified to preserve “higher values,” including the need to protect an entity from competitive injury. Lugosch, 435 F.3d at 124; see also Tropical Sails Corp. v. Yext, Inc., No. 14- cv-7582, 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 49029, at *10-11 (S.D.N.Y. Apr. 12) (risk of “competitive injury is sufficiently serious to warrant protection” of proprietary business information). Consistent with this, courts routinely permit sealing and redaction of competitively sensitive proprietary business information or information subject to a claim of privilege. See, e.g., Louis Vuitton Malletier S.A. v. Sunny Merch. Corp., 97 F. Supp. 3d 485, 511 (S.D.N.Y. 2015); Encyclopedia Brown Prods., Ltd. v. Home Box Office. Inc., 26 F. Supp. 2d 606, 614 (S.D.N.Y. 1998); see also Nixon, 435 U.S. at 598 (recognizing need to seal information that might “harm a litigant’s competitive standing”). Here, Defendants’ Letter Motion and the exhibits thereto contain references to information that Plaintiff asserts is its competitively sensitive and proprietary information that, if disclosed, could pose a substantial risk of harm. This is the sort of sensitive information that courts consistently protect from disclosure. See, e.g., Ferring B.V. v. Allergan, Inc., No. 12-cv-2650, 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 150239, at *16 (S.D.N.Y. Sep. 7) (sealing documents containing proprietary information); Encyclopedia Brown, 26 F. Supp. 2d at 612 (sealing documents reflecting sensitive trade secret information). For these reasons, and although Defendants dispute Plaintiff’s assertion that any of the information is Highly Confidential Information, out of an abundance of caution, Defendants Marla.Butler@ThompsonHine.com Fax: 404.541.2905 Phone: 404.407.3680 THOMPSON HINE LLP Two Alliance Center www. IhompsonHine.com ATTORNEYS AT LAW 3560 Lenox Road, Suite 1600 Phone: 404.541.2900 Atlanta, Georgia 30326-4266 Fax: 404.541.2905 THOMPSON ~ HINE Page 2 respectfully request permission to file under seal Defendants’ Letter Motion for Extension of Time and Exhibits | and 2 thereto. Very truly yours, /s/ Marla R. Butler THOMPSON HINE LLP Marla R. Butler Two Alliance Center Jesse Jenike-Godshalk (pro hac vice) 3560 Lenox Road NE, Suite 1600 312 Walnut Street, Suite 2000 Atlanta, Georgia 30326 Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 Tel.: (404) 541-2900 Tel.: (513) 352-6700 Fax: (404) 541-2905 Fax: (513) 241-4771 Marla.Butler@ ThompsonHine.com Jesse.Godshalk @ ThompsonHine.com Brian Lanciault Jeffrey Metzcar 335 Madison Avenue, 12th Floor Discovery Place New York, New York 10017 10050 Innovation Drive Tel.: (212) 344-5680 Miamisburg, Ohio 45342 Fax: (212) 344-6101 Tel. (937) 443-6841 Brian.Lanciault @ ThompsonHine.com Fax (937) 430-3781 Jeff.Metzcar@thompsonhine.com Attorneys for Defendants General Electric Company, GE Healthcare, Inc., GE Medical Systems Israel Ltd., Jean- Paul Bouhnik, Sergio Steinfeld, Arie Eshco, and Nathan Hermony and for Non- Party Yaron Hefetz cc: All Counsel of Record via ECF