Nypl v. JP Morgan Chase & Co.

Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK

JOHN NYPL, et al., : Plaintiffs, : : 15 Civ. 9300 (LGS) -against- : : ORDER JP MORGAN CHASE & CO., et al., : Defendants. :

LORNA G. SCHOFIELD, District Judge: WHEREAS, on July 21, 2020, Plaintiffs filed a motion to seal portions of a letter (Dkt. No. 600). On July 23, 2020, Defendants filed a letter in support (Dkt. No. 606). It is hereby ORDERED that Plaintiffs’ motion to seal is GRANTED. The unredacted version of the letter will remain sealed, and only the parties and individuals identified in the attached appendix will have access. 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 marks omitted); see also Nixon v. Warner Commce’ns., Inc., 435 U.S. 589, 599 (1978) C‘[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 and circumstances of the particular case.”). Filing the above-referenced document in redacted form is necessary to prevent the unauthorized dissemination of confidential business information. Dated: July 24, 2020 . New York, New York LORNA G. SCHOFIEL UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

Joseph M. Alioto Lingel H. Winters Thomas P. Pier Law Offices of Lingel H. Winters Jamie L. Miller 388 Market Street, Suite 1300 Alioto Law Firm San Francisco, California 94111 One Sansome Street, Suite 3500 Tel: (415) 398-2941 San Francisco, CA 94104 Fax: (415) 393-9887 Telephone: (415) 434-8900 Email: sawmill2@aol.com Facsimile: (415) 434-9200 Email: jmalioto@aliotolaw.com Email: jmiller@aliotolaw.com

Attorneys for Plaintiffs Attorneys for Plaintiffs Christopher A Nedeau Lawrence Papale Nedeau Law Firm Law Offices of Lawrence G. Papale 154 Baker Street 1308 Main Street, Suite 117 San Francisco, CA 94117-2111 St. Helena, CA 94574 415-516-4010 707-963-1704 Email: cnedeau@nedeaulaw.net Email: lgpapale@papalelaw.com

Attorneys for Plaintiffs Attorneys for Plaintiffs Adam Selim Hakki Jeffrey Jason Resetarits Richard Franklin Schwed Stephen D. Hibbard Shearman & Sterling LLP (NY) 599 Lexington Avenue New York, NY 10022 Email: ahakki@shearman.com Email: jeffrey.resetarits@shearman.com Email: rschwed@shearman.com Email: stephen.hibbard@shearman.com

Attorneys for Bank of America, N.A., Bank of America Corporation

James Matthew Goodin Regina Jill McClendon Julia C Webb Locke Lord LLP Locke Lord LLP 44 Montgomery Street, Suite 4100 111 S Wacker Dr San Francisco, CA 94104 Chicago, IL 60606 Email: rmcclendon@lockelord.com Email: jmgoodin@lockelord.com Email: jwebb@lockelord.com

Attorneys for HSBC Bank (USA), N.A., HSBC Attorney for HSBC Bank (USA), N.A., HSBC North American Holdings Inc. North American Holdings Inc. L3 oWckoer lLd oFridn aLnLcPia (l NCYenCte) r, 20th Floor L22o0c0k eR Loossrd A LvLenPu e New York, NY 10001 Suite 2200 Email: gcasamento@lockelord.com Dallas, TX 75201 Email: rcowie@lockelord.com

Attorney for HSBC Bank (USA), N.A., HSBC Attorney for HSBC Bank (USA), N.A., HSBC North American Holdings Inc. North American Holdings Inc.

Micah G. Block Neal Alan Potischman Davis Polk & Wardwell (Menlo Park) Paul Steel Mishkin 1600 El Camino Real Adam Gabor Mehes Menlo Park, CA 94025 John Michael Briggs Email: micah.block@davispolk.com Maude Paquin Alyssa Beaver Gomez Lewis Charles Shioleno Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP (NYC) Attorney for Royal Bank of Scotland, plc 450 Lexington Avenue New York, NY 10017 Email: Neal.Potischman@dpw.com Email: paul.mishkin@dpw.com Email: adam.mehes@davispolk.com Email: john.briggs@davispolk.com Email: maude.paquin@davispolk.com Email: alyssa.gomez@davispolk.com Email: shioleno@gmail.com (Inactive)

Attorneys for Royal Bank of Scotland, plc Gretchen Wolf Harry Peter Koulos Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP Tansy Woan 155 North Wacker Drive Boris Bershteyn Suite 2700 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Chicago, IL 60606-1720 One Manhattan West Email: gretchen.wolf@skadden.com New York, NY 10001-8602 Email: harry.koulos@skadden.com Email: tansy.woan@skadden.com Email: boris.bershteyn@skadden.com

Attorney for JP Morgan Chase & Co., Attorneys for JP Morgan Chase & Co., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. AConvdirnegwt oDn. &L aBzuerroliwng , L.L.P. (DC) C62o0v iEniggthotnh &A vBeunrulien g LLP(NYC) One City Center, 850 10th Street NW New York, NY 10018-1405 Washington, DC 20001 Email: aruffino@cov.com Email: awiseman@cov.com Email: alazerow@cov.com

Attorneys for Citigroup, Inc., Citicorp, Attorney for Citigroup, Inc., Citicorp, Citibank, N.A. Citibank, N.A.

Tammy Albarran David Jarrett Arp Covington and Burling LLP Melanie Leigh Katsur One Front Street 35th Floor Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP (DC) San Francisco, CA 94111 1050 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Email: talbarran@cov.com Washington, DC 20036 Email: jarp@gibsondunn.com Email: mkatsur@gibsondunn.com Attorney for Citigroup, Inc., Citicorp, Citibank, N.A. Attorneys for UBS AG

Eric Jonathan Stock Adam Seth Paris Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP (NY) Sullivan & Cromwell LLP (Los Angeles) 200 Park Avenue 1888 Century Park East, Suite 2100 New York, NY 10166 Los Angeles, CA 90067 Email: estock@gibsondunn.com Email: parisa@sullcrom.com

Attorney for UBS AG Attorney for Barclays PLC, Barclays Capital, Inc.

David Harold Braff Jeffrey T. Scott Sullivan and Cromwell, LLP(NYC) Kathleen Suzanne McArthur 125 Broad Street Maeghan Owen Mikorski New York, NY 10004 Matthew Alain Peller Email: braffd@sullcrom.com Matthew Alexander Schwartz Yvonne Susan Quinn Attorney for Barclays PLC, Barclays Capital, Sullivan and Cromwell, LLP(NYC) Inc. 125 Broad Street New York, NY 10004 Email: scottj@sullcrom.com Email: mcarthurk@sullcrom.com Email: mikorskim@sullcrom.com Email: pellerm@sullcrom.com Email: schwartzmatthew@sullcrom.com Email: quinny@sullcrom.com

Attorneys for Barclays PLC, Barclays Capital, Inc.