Lonstein Law Office, P.C. v. Evanston Insurance Company

Opinion

USDC SDNY DOCUMENT UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT ELECTRONICALLY FILED SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK DOC #: monn nnn nnn nnn aren nnn mannan KK DATE FILED: _ 2/2/2022 LONSTEIN LAW OFFICE, P.C., JULIE LONSTEIN, ~ : WAYNE D. LONSTEIN, : Plaintiffs, : 20-cv-9712 (LJL) -v- : ORDER EVANSTON INSURANCE COMPANY, MARKEL : SERVICE INCORPORATED, AT&T SERVICES, INC., : Defendants. :

wn ee KX LEWIS J. LIMAN, United States District Judge: The Court has before it a motion to seal certain portions of the Retainer Agreement and the Wind-Down Agreement. The request to seal is overbroad and does not satisfy the standards set forth in Lugosch v. Pyramid Co. of Onondaga, 435 F.3d 110 (2d Cir. 2006). Cf E.E.0.C. v. Kelley Drve & Warren LLP, 2012 WL 691545, at *2—4 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 2, 2012) (holding that defendant did not show that partnership agreement and retainer agreements were subject to wholesale sealing in the absence of a narrowly tailored request for sealing). The only exceptions are the content under the headings “Contingency Fee” and “Costs of Investigation” in the Retainer Agreement and the following in the Wind-Down Agreement: (1) the second whereas clause; (2) the amount of consideration; and (3) the bank-account information appearing on page three of the Wind-Down Agreement. AT&T is directed to file the Retainer Agreement and the Wind-Down Agreement on the public docket containing only those limited redactions. The Clerk of Court is respectfully directed to close Dkt. No. 54.

SO ORDERED. a we * Dated: February 2, 2022 wl AU i New York, New York LEWIS J. LIMAN United States District Judge