Joint Stock Company "Channel One Russia Worldwide" v. Russian TV Company Inc.

Opinion

STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ee xX JOINT STOCK COMPANY, : Plaintiff, : : 18 Civ. 2318 (LGS) -against- : : ORDER RUSSIAN TV COMPANY INC.,, et al., : Defendants. : wae xX WHEREAS, on March 3, 2021, Plaintiff filed a letter renewing its prior “request to file its licensing and assignment agreement with non-party Kartina . . . under seal at the level of ‘Selected Parties’.” Dkt. No. 283. It is hereby ORDERED that Plaintiff is GRANTED permission to file its licensing and assignment agreement □□□□□ seal. Although “[t]he 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 mark: omitted); see also Nixon v. Warner Commc’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 anc circumstances of the particular case.”). Filing the above-referenced documents in redacted form is necessary to the unauthorized dissemination of confidential information related to Plaintiff. The parties are advised that the Court retains unfettered discretion whether or not to afford confidential to any Confidential Document or information contained in any Confidential Document submitted to th Court in connection with any motion, application, or proceeding that may result in an order and/or decision by Court. Dated: March 4, 2021 New York, New York

LoRNa G. Scitoub UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE