Medimpact Healthcare Systems, Inc. v. IQVIA Holdings Inc.
- Proceeding
- district
- Area
- civil
- Panel
- Gonzalo P. Curiel (author)
Analysis
Plaintiffs moved to seal supplemental expert declarations and portions of an opposition brief containing proprietary business information and trade secrets. The court granted the motion, ordering the materials sealed until further order.
| What the court decided | The model |
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Plaintiffs' Motion to File Under Seal (ECF No. 798) is granted.“Based on the foregoing, the Court finds that there are compelling reasons to GRANT the Motion. It is ORDERED the Sealed Materials shall be SEALED until further order of this Court.” | agree with court The court applied the 'compelling reasons' standard, which is the correct legal standard for sealing materials in federal court. The order recites specific facts—that the materials contain trade secrets, confidential revenues, and investment quantities—that support a finding of compelling reasons to prevent public disclosure. The decision follows logically from the stated facts and the cited authority. |
The order itself: sound — The order is procedurally correct and applies the appropriate 'compelling reasons' standard for sealing. It cites a relevant district court case to support the finding that trade secrets and confidential financial data warrant protection from public disclosure. The reasoning is concise but sufficient for a routine sealing motion where the nature of the confidential information is clearly described.
Opinion
1 2 3 A 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MEDIMPACT HEALTHCARE Case No. 3:19-cv-01865-GPC-DEB 11 | SYSTEMS, INC., A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION; MEDIMPACT ORDER GRANTING 12 | INTERNATIONAL LLC, A PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION TO FILE CALIFORNIA LIMITED UNDER SEAL 13 | LIABILITY COMPANY; AND MEDIMPACT INTERNATIONAL 14 | HONG KONG LTD., A HONG KONG COMPANY Judge: The Hon. Gonzalo P. Curiel 15 , 16 Plaintiffs, [ECF No. 798] 17 Vv. IQVIA INC., a Delaware corporation; 18 | IOVIA LTD., a UK company: IQVIA AG, a Swiss company; OMAR 19 | GHOSHEH, individually; and AMIT SADANA, individually; and DOES 1- 20 || 20, 21 Defendants. 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Case No. 3:19-cv-01865-GPC-DEB 1 Before the Court is Plaintiffs’ Motions to Seal Supplemental Declarations in 2 || Support of Plaintiffs’ Opposition to Defendants’ Daubert Motion to Exclude the 3 |} Opinions of Plaintiffs’ Experts James Malackowski and Vasuveda Bobba (the 4 || “Motion”). (ECF No. 798.) 5 The Motion seeks to seal Heather Bates’ Supplemental Declaration and 6 || James Malackowski’s Supplemental Declaration, both filed in support of Plaintiffs’ 7 || opposition to Defendants’ Daubert motion to exclude the opinions of Plaintiffs’ 8 || experts James Malackowski and Vasuveda Bobba. The Motion also seeks to seal 9 || portions of the opposition brief that reference the content of the two declarations. 10 | (Collectively, these declarations and portions of the opposition are referred to as the 11 || “Sealed Materials.”’) The Sealed Materials reflect Plaintiffs’ proprietary and 12 || confidential business information, including descriptions of Plaintiffs’ highly 13 || sensitive trade secret information. These materials also reference confidential 14 || revenues earned by Defendants and confidential quantities of certain investments 15 || made by Plaintiffs.. Accordingly, the disclosure of this information would subject 16 || Plaintiffs and Defendants to a risk of substantial harm or prejudice. See McArdle v. 17 || AT&T Mobility LLC, No. 09-cv-1117, 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 218070, at *13-14 18 || (N.D. Cal. Aug. 13, 2018). 19 Based on the foregoing, the Court finds that there are compelling reasons to 20 || GRANT the Motion. It is ORDERED the Sealed Materials shall be SEALED until 21 || further order of this Court. 22 IT IS SO ORDERED. 23 Dated: January 10, 2023 7 sale As ( 25 Hon. Gonzalo P. Curiel 6 United States District Judge 27 28 Cd Case No. 3:19-ev-01865-GPC-DEB