Kuehne + Nagel Inc. v. Baker Hughes

• Court: District Court, S.D. New York
• Decided: February 10, 2022
• Docket: 1:21-cv-08470
• Status: Unknown

Opinion

DOCUMENT ELECTRONICALLY FILED DOC #: UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DATE FILED: 2/10/22 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK

Kuehne + Nagel Inc., Plaintiff, 21-cv-8470 (AJN) —y— ORDER Baker Hughes Company, Defendant.

ALISON J. NATHAN, District Judge: The Court is in receipt of the parties’ joint letter-motion for permission to file under seal the global transportation agreement (“the Agreement’) in place between the parties. Dkt. No. 17. The Court notes that under this Circuit’s precedent, the existence of a confidentiality order alone does not override the presumption of public access to judicial documents. See Lugosch vy. Pyramid Co. of Onondaga, 435 F.3d 110, 125-26 (2d Cir. 2006). Given that the Agreement requires permission from multiple parties to waive confidentiality in order to file the document publicly, the Court will permit sealing for now but cautions the parties that continued sealing may need further justification later in the litigation if the Agreement is a judicial document. The motion to file the Agreement under seal is granted.

SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 10, 2022 AN it New York, New York ALISON J. NATHAN United States District Judge