Fontana v. Argentina Republic

Opinion

STEVEN M. LOEB BENE! J. O REILLY KATHERINE R. REAVES GOTILIEB STEEN & HAMILION LLP CRAIG B. BROD ADAM E, FLEISHER RAHUL MUKHI NICOLAS GRABAR SEAN A. O'NEAL ELANAS. BRONSON DAVID E. BRODSKY GLENN P. MCGRORY MANUEL SILVA RICHARD J. COOPER MATTHEW P. SALERNO KYLE A. HARRIS. JEFFREY S. LEWIS MICHAEL J. ALBANO LINA BENSMAN PAUL J. SHIM VICTOR L. HOU ARON M. ZUCKERMAN One Liberty Plaza ANDRES BELA CRUZ ANYR SHAPIRO. Maske MCDONALD DAVID C, LOPEZ JENNIFER KENNEDY PARK F. JAMAL FULTON New York, NY 10006-1470 MICHAEL A. GERSTENZANG ELIZABETH LENAS RESIDENT PARTNERS T: +1212 225 2000 WCHAELD.WEINBERGER —-«‘DAMELILAN JUDITH KASSEL F: +1 212 225 3999 DIANA L WOLLMAN MEYER, FEDIDA. PENELOPE L, CHRISTOPHOROU JEFFREY A. ROSENTHAL ELIZABETH VICENS MARY E. ALCOCK MICHAEL D. DAYAN ADAM J. BRENNEMAN HEIDE □□ ILGENFRITZ clearygottlieb.com SEFPREY D.KARPFYAMES LANGSTON ANDREW □□□□□□ KIMBERLY BROWN BLACKLOW JARED GERBER HELENA K. □□□□□□□□ ROBERT J. RAYMOND COLIN D. LLOYD JOHN V. HARRISON FRANCISCO L. CESTERO COREY M. GOODMAN CAROLINE F. HAYDAY FRANCESCA L. ODELL RISHI ZUTSHI NEIL R. MARKEL WASHINGTON, D.C. - PARIS - BRUSSELS - LONDON - MOSCOW VASONFACTOR DAVID H HERRINGTON JONATHAN DW. GIFFORD FRANKFURT + COLOGNE - ROME + MILAN + HONGKONG MARGARET S. PEPONIS AARON MEYERS Daviows □□□□□□ BEIJING » BUENOS AIRES + SAO PAULO + ABU DHABI « SEOUL JUANG GIRALDE? ABENAA MAINOO. □□□□ □□□□□ DUANE MCLAUGHLIN HUGH C. CONROY, JR. LOUISE M. PARENT BREON S. PEACE JOSEPH LANZKRON OF COUNSEL CHANTAL E. KORDULA MAURICE R. GIND!

D: +1 (212) 225 2912 rmukhi@cgsh.com January 27, 2021 BY ECF The Honorable Loretta A. Preska The sealing request 1s U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York granted. SO ORDERED. Daniel Patrick Moynihan U.S. Courthouse CA Ywwha 1/28/2021 500 Pearl Street - Room 2220 New York, New York 10007 Re: Fontana, et al. v. Republic of Argentina, No. 03 Civ. 08531 (LAP) Dear Judge Preska: On behalf of the Republic of Argentina (the “Republic”), I respectfully write in comnection with the Republic’s opposition to the motion filed by Guillermo Gleizer on December 24, 2020 in the above-captioned case (the “Motion”). Pursuant to Your Honor’s Individual Practice Rule 2.H, the Republic respectfully requests leave to file an unredacted copy of its Memorandum in Opposition to the Motion under seal. In accordance with Rule 2.H, we are contemporaneously filing the redacted document in public view in the ECF system. Gleizer’s counsel has consented to this request. The proposed redactions correspond with citations to documents in the record that have been filed under seal pursuant to the Court’s Order dated December 23, 2020, see ECF No. 113, and the confidentiality agreement entered by the parties and so-ordered by the Court, see ECF No. 109. The sealed documents are email communications between the Republic and Plaintiffs prior to and subsequent to the Master Settlement Agreement’s February 8, 2016 date (Bates Numbers ARG-FON0000334-ARG-FON0000419). These emails, which attach non-final settlement agreements, “do not carry a presumption of public access” since “the discussions and documents exchanged before an agreement has been reached . . . play a ‘negligible role’... in the trial judge’s exercise of Article III judicial power.” See United States v. Glens Falls Newspapers, Inc., 160 F.3d 853, 857-58 (2d. Cir. 1998) (holding that “the presumption of access 2 to settlement negotiations, draft agreements, and conference statements is negligible to nonexistent”).

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We therefore ask the Court to grant the Republic leave to file under seal an unredacted copy of the Republic’s Memorandum in Opposition to the Motion and to publicly file a redacted copy of the same. Respectfully submitted,

Rahul Mukhi cc: Counsel of Record (via ECF)