Dalla-Longa v. Magnetar Capital LLC

Opinion

USDC SDNY DOCUMENT UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT ELECTRONICALLY FILED SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK DOC #: won 222-2 onan onan 22 anon 2-2-8 --K DATE FILED: 02/24/2020 DAMIAN DALLA-LONGA, Petitioner, 19 Civ. 11246 (LGS) -against- □ ORDER MAGNETAR CAPITAL LLC, Respondent.

LORNA G. SCHOFIELD, District Judge: WHEREAS, by letters to Chambers on February 14, 2020 and February 21, 2020, the parties jointly proposed redactions to Petitioner’s memorandum of law and supporting documents in support of Petitioner’s Petition to Vacate the Arbitration Award. Where the redactions were disputed, the parties provided their respective positions. It is hereby ORDERED that the parties’ proposed redactions are GRANTED and, where the parties dispute the proposed redactions, Respondents’ proposed redactions are GRANTED. Although 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 Commce’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 are necessary to prevent unauthorized dissemination of confidential business information. It is further ORDERED that Petitioner shall file the memorandum of law and supporting documents in support of his Petition to Vacate the Arbitration Award, with redactions consistent with those

proposed by Respondents, by February 28, 2020. Dated: February 24, 2020 New York, New York YZ LORNA G. SCHOFIEL UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE