Opinion
2:22-cv-01599 JCC
02-24-2023
STEVEN FLOYD, individually and on behalf of all other similarly situated, Plaintiff, v. AMAZON.COM INC. and APPLE INC., Defendants.
ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE LLP Mark S. Parris WEIL GOTSHALL & MANGES, LLP Carrie C. Mahan Sandra Nicole Booth Brian Liegel Attorneys for Defendant Apple Inc.
ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE LLP Mark S. Parris WEIL GOTSHALL & MANGES, LLP Carrie C. Mahan Sandra Nicole Booth Brian Liegel Attorneys for Defendant Apple Inc.
[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING APPLE INC.'S MOTION TO SEAL
THE HONORABLE JOHN C. COUGHENOUR UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE
The Court, having received and reviewed Apple Inc.'s Motion to Seal (the “Motion”), HEREBY FINDS, CONCLUDES, and ORDERS that:
Apple Inc. has shown compelling reasons to seal the Global Tenets Agreement (“GTA”) attached as Exhibit A to its Motion to Dismiss and narrow portions of its Motion to Dismiss quoting the contents of the GTA. These materials contain confidential business information that, if made public, could harm Apple Inc.'s competitive standing by providing Apple Inc.'s competitors and potential future business partners with information about the terms to which Apple Inc. agreed in the GTA.
No means other than the sealing and redaction proposed by Apple Inc. will protect the confidential business information in the GTA, the protection of which outweighs the public right of access to court records.
Apple Inc.'s Motion to Seal is therefore GRANTED. Exhibit A and the portion of its Motion to Dismiss quoting the contents of that exhibit previously filed under seal shall be maintained under seal.