Volino v. Progressive Casualty Insurance Company ( 2022 )

Defendants, Mitchell, and J.D. Power shall file a letter(s) by April 22, 2022, stating whether they seek to maintain the redacted portions of Plaintiffs’ Consolidated Amended Class Action Complaint under seal, and if so, identifying the basis for sealing each portion that they seek to maintain under seal, in accordance with the three-part test in Lugosch v. Pyramid Co. of Onondaga, 435 F.3d 110, 119-20 (2d Cir. 2006). So Ordered. Dated: April 18, 2022 © New York, New York The Honorable Lorna G. Schofield LORNA G. SCHOFIEL United States District Court UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE Southern District of New York 500 Pearl Street, Room 1950 New York, NY 10007 Re: □□ Volino, et. al. v. Progressive Casualty Ins. Co., et al., No. 1:21-cv-06243-LGS Dear Judge Schofield: Pursuant to Rule I.D.3 of the Court’s Individual Rules of Practice, and the Stipulated Protective Order entered on October 21, 2021, (ECF No. 45), as amended on January 25, 2022 (ECF No. 77), Plaintiffs respectfully request leave to file under seal Plaintiffs’ Consolidated Amended Class Action Complaint (“CAC”). The CAC references and discusses information that Defendants Progressive Advanced Insurance Company (“PAIC”), Progressive Max Insurance Company (“PMIC”), and Progressive Casualty Insurance Company (“PCIC”) (collectively “Defendants”) have designated as confidential, as well as information that third parties Mitchell International, Inc. (“Mitchell”) and J.D. Power have designated as confidential or highly confidential. Plaintiffs seek leave to file the CAC under seal because it quotes or references materials and information Defendants, Mitchell, and J.D. Power have designated as confidential. Pursuant to Rule I.D.3, and paragraph ten of the Stipulated Protective Order, a redacted copy of the CAC will be publicly filed contemporaneously with this letter, along with a copy of the unredacted CAC with highlighted redactions under seal. Plaintiffs are redacting portions of the CAC to comply with their obligations under the Stipulated Protective Order. These redactions do not reflect Plaintiffs’ position on whether those designations should stand under Second Circuit law. Counsel for Plaintiffs conferred with Defendants’ counsel who agreed that the CAC should be filed under seal. Respectfully submitted, Td KO Hank Bates ce: All Counsel of Record via ECF APPENDIX 1 Pursuant to Rule I.D(3), the following attorneys of record should have access to the sealed letter-motion requesting a premotion conference on Plaintiffs’ motion for class certification: Counsel for Plaintiffs Counsel for Defendants Jacob L. Phillips (Pro Hac Vice) Laura Elizabeth Harris NORMAND PLLC King & Spalding LLP 3165 McCrory Place, Suite 175 1185 Avenue of the Americas Orlando, FL 32803 New York, NY 10036 Telephone: (407) 603-6031 Telephone: (212) 790-5360 Email: jacob.phillips@normandpllc.com Fax: (212) 556-2222 Email: ean@normandpllc.com Email: lharris@kslaw.com Joseph Henry (Hank) Bate, III (Pro Hac Vice) Jeffrey Cashdan (Pro Hac Vice) Tiffany Wyatt Oldham (Pro Hac Vice) Allison Hill White (Pro Hac Vice) Edwin Lee Lowther, III (Pro Hac Vice) James Matthew Brigman (Pro Hac Vice) Jake G. Windley (Pro Hac Vice) Zachary Andrew McEntyre (Pro Hac Vice) Carney Bates & Pulliam, PLLC King & Spalding LLP 519 W. 7th Street 1180 Peachtree Street NE, Suite 1700 Little Rock, AR 72201 Atlanta, GA 30309 Telephone: (501) 312-8500 Telephone: (404) 572-5600 Email: hbates@cbplaw.com Email: jcashdan@kslaw.com Email: toldham@cbplaw.com Email: awhite@kslaw.com Email: llowther@cbplaw.com Email: mbrigman@kslaw.com Email: jwindley@cbplaw.com Email: zmcentyre@kslaw.com Mariam Grigorian (Pro Hac Vice) Julia Constance Barrett (Pro Hac Vice) Shamis & Gentile, P.A. King & Spalding LLP 14 NE 1st Avenue, Suite 705 500 W. 2nd Street, Suite 1800 Miami, FL 33132 Austin, TX 78701 Telephone: (305) 479-2299 Telephone: (512) 457-2053 Email: mgrigorian@shamisgentile.com Email: jbarrett@kslaw.com Scott Adam Edelsberg (Pro Hac Vice) Christopher Chagas Gold (Pro Hac Vice) Edelsberg Law 20900 NE 30th Avenue, Suite 417 Aventura, FL 33180 Telephone: (305) 975-3320 Email: scott@edelsberglaw.com Email: chris@edelsberglaw.com Thomas M. Mullaney Law Offices of Thomas M. Mullaney 530 Fifth Avenue, 23rd Floor New York, NY 10036 Telephone: (212) 223-0800 Fax: (212) 661-9860 Email: Mulllaw@msn.com