Price v. L'Oreal USA, Inc.

• Court: District Court, S.D. New York
• Decided: March 30, 2020
• Docket: 1:17-cv-00614
• Status: Unknown

Opinion

USONUITTEHDE RSTNA DTIESST RDIICSTT ROIFC TN ECWOU YROTR K --------------------------------------------------------------X : PRICE, et al., : Plaintiffs, : : 17 Civ. 0614 (LGS) -against- : : ORDER L’OREAL USA, INC., et al., : Defendants. : ------------------------------------------------------------- X LORNA G. SCHOFIELD, District Judge: WHEREAS, Defendants filed a letter motion for leave to file under seal one exhibit and to filed with redactions certain portions of the memoranda of law, statements of undisputed fact, and accompanying exhibits filed as part of the parties’ cross-motions for summary judgment (Dkt. No. 253). It is hereby ORDERED that Defendants’ letter motion is GRANTED. The documents filed under seal at Dkt. Nos. 260, 262, 264, 269, 270, 271 and 273 shall remain under seal and accessible only to the parties and attorneys identified by Defendants in the appended letter. 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 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 and circumstances of the particular case.”). Filing the above-referenced documents in redacted form is necessary to prevent the unauthorized dissemination of confidential business information. The parties are advised that the Court retains discretion as to whether to afford confidential treatment to redacted information in Orders and Opinions. Dated: March 30, 2020 New York, New York ( /

LORNA G. SCHOFIEL UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

Patterson Belknap Webb « Tyler 1133 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10036-6710 212.336.2000 fax 212.336.2222 www.pbwtcom

March 25, 2020 Maren Messing Counsel (212) 336-7645 mmessing@pbwt.com

VIA ECF FILING The Honorable Lorna G. Schofield United States District Judge Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse 40 Foley Square New York, NY 10007

Re: Price v. L’Oréal USA, Inc., No. 17-cv-00614 (LGS) Dear Judge Schofield: Pursuant to this Court’s Order, Dkt. No. 274, and the Court’s electronic sealing system, Defendants L’Oréal USA, Inc. and Matrix Essentials LLC (collectively, “Defendants”’) write in further support of their letter motion to seal, Dkt. No. 253, and request that the sealed filings be made accessible via ECF to the Court and all of the Parties’ attorneys in this matter, including: Counsel for Plaintiffs e Rachel L. Soffin, Greg Coleman Law PC e Gregory F. Coleman, Greg Coleman Law PC e Adam A. Edwards, Greg Coleman Law PC e Jonathan B. Cohen, Greg Coleman Law PC e Mark E. Silvey, Greg Coleman Law PC e Dawn Holt, Greg Coleman Law PC e Jason T. Brown, Brown, LLC e Patrick S. Almonrode, Brown, LLC e Nick Suciu HI, Barbat, Mansour & Suciu PLLC

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The Honorable Lorna G. Schofield March 25, 2020 Page 2  Jason Thompson, Sommers Schwartz PC  Rod M. Johnson, Sommers Schwartz PC Counsel for Defendants  Frederick B. Warder III, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP  Joshua A. Kipnees, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP  Maren Messing, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Respectfully submitted, /s/ Maren Messing Maren Messing Counsel for Defendants L’Oréal USA, Inc. and Matrix Essentials LLC