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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
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`SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., et al.,
`Plaintiffs,
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`SOLAS OLED LTD., et al.,
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`SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.,
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`Plaintiff,
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`SOLAS OLED LTD., et al.,
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`Defendants.
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`LORNA G. SCHOFIELD, District Judge:
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`21 Civ. 5205 (LGS)
`21 Civ. 7201 (LGS)
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`WHEREAS, on September 21, 2021, Defendants filed a motion to seal portions of their
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`memorandum of law in support of the motion to dismiss or transfer. (Dkt. No. 50 in 21 Civ.
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`5205, Dkt. No. 19 in 21 Civ. 7201.)
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`WHEREAS, on October 12, 2021, Plaintiffs filed a motion to seal portions of their
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`memorandum of law in opposition to the motion to dismiss or transfer. (Dkt. No. 57 in 21 Civ.
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`5205, Dkt. No. 36 in 21 Civ. 7201).
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`WHEREAS, on October 22, 2021, Defendants filed a motion to seal portions of their
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`reply in support of the motion to dismiss or transfer. (Dkt. No. 64 in 21 Civ. 5205, Dkt. No. 47 in
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`21 Civ. 7201.) It is hereby
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`ORDERED that, the motions to seal are GRANTED. The unredacted versions of the
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`memoranda of law will remain sealed, and only the parties and individuals identified in the in the
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`appendix at Dkt. No. 64 in 21 Civ. 5205, Dkt. No. 47 in 21 Civ. 7201 will have access. Although
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`Case 1:21-cv-07201-LGS Document 76 Filed 03/01/22 Page 2 of 2
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`“[t]he common law right of public access to judicial documents is firmly rooted in our nation’s
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`history,” this right is not absolute, and courts “must balance competing considerations against” the
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`presumption of access. Lugosch v. Pyramid Co. of Onondaga, 435 F.3d 110, 119–20 (2d Cir.
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`2006) (internal quotation marks omitted); see also Nixon v. Warner Commc’ns., Inc., 435 U.S.
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`589, 599 (1978) (“[T]he decision as to access is one best left to the sound discretion of the trial
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`court, a discretion to be exercised in light of the relevant facts and circumstances of the particular
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`case.”). Filing the above-referenced memoranda in redacted form is necessary to prevent the
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`unauthorized dissemination of confidential business information. It is further
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`The Clerk of Court is respectfully directed to close the motion at Dkt. Nos. 50, 57, and 64
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`in 21 Civ. 5205 and Dkt. Nos. 19, 36, and 47 in 21 Civ. 7201.
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`Dated: March 1, 2022
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`New York, New York
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