In Re Glumetza Antitrust Litigation

District Court, N.D. California·Decided December 29, 2021·No. 3:19-cv-05822·Unknown

Opinion

1 2 3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 6 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7

8 In re No. C 19-05822 WHA 9 GLUMETZA ANTITRUST No. C 19-05831 WHA LITIGATION. No. C 19-06138 WHA 10 No. C 19-06156 WHA No. C 19-06839 WHA 11 This Document Relates to: No. C 19-07843 WHA

12 ALL ACTIONS. (Consolidated)

13 OMNIBUS ORDER RE MOTIONS TO SEAL 14 15 16 A previous order adopted the parties’ stipulation to file omnibus motions that collected 17 the numerous individual sealing motions the parties filed in conjunction with their summary 18 judgment briefing and the corresponding Daubert motions (Dkt. No. 405). This order resolves 19 those omnibus motions and all other pending motions to seal. 20 1. THE LEGAL STANDARD. 21 There is a strong public policy in favor of openness in our court system and the public is 22 entitled to know to whom we are providing relief (or not). See Kamakana v. City & Cty. of 23 Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1178–80 (9th Cir. 2006). Consequently, access to motions and their 24 attachments that are “more than tangentially related to the merits of a case” may be sealed only 25 upon a showing of “compelling reasons” for sealing. Ctr. for Auto Safety v. Chrysler Grp., 26 LLC, 809 F.3d 1092, 1101–02 (9th Cir. 2016). Filings that are only tangentially related to the 27 merits may be sealed upon a lesser showing of “good cause.” Id. at 1097. The compelling 1 limine and Daubert motions can be strongly correlative to the merits of a case. Id. at 1098–99. 2 In addition, sealing motions filed in this district must be “narrowly tailored to seek sealing only 3 of sealable material.” Civil L.R. 79-5(b). A party moving to seal a document in whole or in 4 part must file a declaration establishing that the identified material is “sealable.” Civ. L.R. 79- 5 5(d)(1)(A). “Reference to a stipulation or protective order that allows a party to designate 6 certain documents as confidential is not sufficient to establish that a document, or portions 7 thereof, are sealable.” Id. “Supporting declarations may not rely on vague boilerplate 8 language or nebulous assertions of potential harm but must explain with particularity why any 9 document or portion thereof remains sealable under the applicable legal standard.” Bronson v. 10 Samsung Elecs. Am., Inc., No. C 18-02300 WHA, 2019 WL 7810811, at *1 (N.D. Cal. May 11 28, 2019) (Judge William Alsup) (citing Civ. L.R. 79-5). 12 This order understands the parties’ omnibus motions, Dkt. Nos. 511, 512, and 513, to 13 cover the following filings: Dkt. Nos. 425, 440, 463, 469, 470, 472, 477, 483, 486, 491, 493, 14 and 502. These filings, with one exception, address the parties’ summary judgment briefing 15 and the corresponding Daubert motions. The summary judgment order did not address the 16 parties’ Daubert motions, which a later order decided closer to the scheduled trial date. The 17 movants acknowledge the compelling reasons standard applies to these filings. 18 2. THE DIRECT PURCHASER CLASS’S OMNIBUS MOTION TO SEAL. 19 Upon review of the direct purchaser class’s omnibus motion to seal and accompanying 20 declaration, Dkt. No. 511-1, this order finds the class has made the requisite showing to seal 21 certain portions of the submitted documents. The proposed redactions are narrowly tailored. 22 This order rules as follows: 23 Dkt. Document to be Sealed Result Reasoning No. 24 425-2 Exh. A to Class GRANTED This document, not associated with 25 Counsel’s Submission of as to either the summary judgment a Unified List of Direct highlighted briefing or Daubert motions, 26 Glumetza Purchasers portions. contains confidential and competitively sensitive pricing data, 27 the public disclosure of which would cause class members competitive 1 harm (see Vanek Decl. ¶¶ 5–9). 2 3 4 502-2 Exh. 5 to Reply in GRANTED Contains raw, confidential pricing 5 Further Support of as to data that is proprietary to non-party Motion for Partial highlighted IQVIA, the public disclosure of 6 Summary Judgment on portions. which would cause IQVIA Market Power competitive harm (see Vanek Decl. 7 ¶¶ 10–13). 8 3. HUMANA’S OMNIBUS MOTION TO SEAL. 9 Upon review of Humana’s omnibus motion to seal and accompanying declaration, Dkt. 10 No. 512, this order finds Humana has made the requisite showing to seal certain portions of the 11 submitted documents. The proposed redactions are narrowly tailored. This order rules as 12 follows: 13 Dkt. No. Document to be Result Reasoning 14 Sealed 15 440-22; Expert Report of Dr. GRANTED Contains specific and confidential 445-1 Rena Conti as to information concerning rebates 16 highlighted Humana received for Glumetza. portions. Public disclosure of this information 17 could cause Humana competitive harm in future negotiations 18 regarding rebates with drug 19 manufacturers (see Stein Decl. ¶¶ 3- 4). 20 21 440-23; Rebuttal Report of GRANTED Contains specific and confidential 445-2 Dr. Rena Conti as to information concerning rebates 22 highlighted Humana received for Glumetza. portions. Public disclosure of this information 23 could cause Humana competitive harm in future negotiations 24 regarding rebates with drug 25 manufacturers (see Stein Decl. ¶¶ 3- 4). 26 27 4. DEFENDANTS’ AND NON-PARTIES SUN AND TEVA’S OMNIBUS 1 MOTION TO SEAL. 2 Upon review of the omnibus motion to seal and accompanying declarations filed jointly 3 by defendants, non-party Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Inc., and non-party Teva 4 Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., Dkt. No. 513, this order finds the movants have made the requisite 5 showing to seal certain documents (and portions thereof) filed in conjunction with the parties’ 6 summary judgment briefing and the corresponding Daubert motions. The proposed redactions 7 are narrowly tailored. This order notes that the direct purchaser plaintiffs oppose some of the 8 proposed redactions, arguing that several of the requests are not tailored to the relevant 9 standard, and that the justifications for other requests remain too opaque to justify sealing 10 (Opp. 1–2, Dkt. No. 526). Defendants, Sun, and Teva generally respond: (1) that the 11 contested sealing requests protect the interest of third-parties; (2) that the sealing requests 12 apply to only a few, narrow categories of information and are not boilerplate justifications; and 13 (3) that the direct purchaser plaintiffs arguments are vague, do not specify any particular 14 documents, and do no oppose the motion generally (Reply Br., Dkt. No. 529). This order rules 15 as follows: 16 Dkt. No. Document to be Result Reasoning Sealed (and 17 Requesting Party) 18 440-11; 8/21/2020 Tucker GRANTED The material found in ¶ 118 n.6 445-9; Report (Bausch, Sun, as to ¶ 118 contains confidential, internal 19 488-5 Teva) n.6. communications of non-party Sun Otherwise that address Sun’s manufacturing 20 DENIED. capabilities, the public disclosure of 21 which could harm Sun competitively (Klein Decl. ¶ 59). The rest of the 22 proposed redactions contain material related to the core issues in this 23 action and have a heavy presumption of public visibility. These issues, in 24 fact, were discussed in the order 25 denying summary judgment (see Dkt. No. 537 at 26). The movants’ 26 justifications do not adequately explain how or why competitive 27 harm would arise if this particular 440-12; 8/21/20 Strombom GRANTED The material found in ¶ 37 n.21 and ¶ 1 474-2; Report (Sun, Teva) as to ¶ 37 71 n.64 contains confidential, internal 2 475-12 n.21; ¶ 71 communications of non-parties Sun n.64. and Teva that address their 3 Otherwise manufacturing capabilities, the public DENIED. disclosure of which could harm Sun 4 and Teva competitively (see Klein Decl. ¶ 15; Savage ¶ 12). For the 5 other material, Sun and Teva’s 6 justifications do not explain how or why the generalized, nonspecific 7 information would now cause them competitive harm.

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