Opinion
3:21-cv-02081-GPC-DEB
03-22-2022
IQVIA INC., a Delaware corporation; and IQVIA AG, a Swiss company, Plaintiffs, v. MEDIMPACT HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS, INC., a California corporation; and DALE BROWN, individually, Defendants.
ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO FILE DOCUMENTS UNDER SEAL
[ECF NO. 34]
Gonzalo P. Curiel United States District Judge
Before the Court is Defendants' Motion to Seal Documents in Support of Defendants' Motion to Dismiss (the “Motion to Seal”). (ECF No. 34.) The Motion to Seal seeks to seal from the public view the following documents:
• Portions of Defendants' Motion to Dismiss under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) (the “Motion”); and • Certain exhibits or portions of exhibits attached to the Declaration of Jennifer Bennett filed concurrently in support of the Motion (the “Bennett Exhibits”).
Compelling reasons exist here to file under seal the requested portions of the Motion and the Bennett Exhibits. Defendants seek to seal documents or references to documents submitted in a prior arbitration under the rules of the DIFC-LCIA Arbitration Centre, which require arbitration submissions to remain confidential. Defendants also seek to seal documents and references to documents that were produced and subject to a protective order in a related case. Additionally, the information to be sealed implicates the parties' sensitive business information, including trade secrets purportedly owned by Plaintiffs IQVIA Inc. and IQVIA AG; and Defendants' nonpublic prospective customers and confidential business strategies, projects, and products. The disclosure of this information would risk substantially harming or prejudicing Plaintiffs and Defendants. See McArdle v. AT&T Mobility LLC, No. 09-cv-1117, 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 218070, at *13-14 (N.D. Cal. Aug. 13, 2018).
Based on the foregoing, the Court finds that there are compelling reasons to GRANT the Motion to Seal. It is ORDERED that portions of the Motion and the identified Bennett Exhibits shall be SEALED until further order of this Court.
IT IS SO ORDERED