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Administrative Motion to Consider Whether Another Party's Material… — Brooks v. Thomson Reuters Corporation (Dkt. 239)
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Document 239, filed 08/29/24 in Case 3:21-cv-01418-EMC-KAW (Brooks v. Thomson Reuters Corporation, N.D. Cal.), is Plaintiffs' Administrative Motion to Consider Whether Another Party's Materials Should Be Sealed, filed under Civil Local Rule 79-5(f) and the Stipulated Protective Order (ECF No. 70) before Hon. Edward M. Chen. Plaintiffs say Defendant designated as CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL - ATTORNEYS' EYES ONLY several portions of Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Approval of Class Action Settlement and of the Co-Lead Counsel Declaration, including a comparator table row for Total Potential Exposure. A table lists the provisionally sealed passages by page and line. Plaintiffs state that Defendant, as designating party, must establish that the material is sealable.
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“Administrative Motion to Consider Whether Another Party's Material… — Brooks v. Thomson Reuters Corporation (Dkt. 239).”
Original at ecf.cand.uscourts.gov, No. 3:21-cv-01418-EMC, Doc. 239. Archived at Pandemic Darlings, https://pandemicdarlings.com/court-filings/full-docket-brooks-thomsonreuters-cand-374304/2024-08-29-gov-uscourts-cand-374304-239-0-gov-uscourts-cand-374304-239-0/
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Case 3:21-cv-01418-EMC Document 239 Filed 08/29/24 Page 1 of 3
1 Andre M. Mura (SBN 298541) Geoffrey A. Graber (SBN 211547)
Ezekiel S. Wald (SBN 341490) Karina G. Puttieva (SBN 317702)
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GIBBS LAW GROUP LLP COHEN MILSTEIN SELLERS & TOLL
3 1111 Broadway, Suite 2100 PLLC
Oakland, CA 94607 1100 New York Ave. NW, Fifth Floor
4 Washington, DC 20005
Telephone: (510) 350-9700
5 Facsimile: (510) 350-9701 Telephone: (202) 408-4600
amm@classlawgroup.com Facsimile: (202) 408-4699
6 zsw@classlawgroup.com ggraber@cohenmilstein.com
7 kputtieva@cohenmilstein.com
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12 Attorneys for Plaintiffs and the Class
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15 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
16 SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION
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CAT BROOKS and RASHEED SHABAZZ, Case No. 3:21-cv-01418-EMC-KAW
18 individually and on behalf of all others
similarly situated, PLAINTIFFS’ ADMINISTRATIVE
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MOTION TO CONSIDER WHETHER
20 Plaintiffs, ANOTHER PARTY’S MATERIALS
v. SHOULD BE SEALED
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22 THOMSON REUTERS CORPORATION, Hon. Edward M. Chen
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PLAINTIFFS’ ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO CONSIDER WHETHER ANOTHER
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Case 3:21-cv-01418-EMC Document 239 Filed 08/29/24 Page 2 of 3
1 Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 79-5(f) and the Stipulated Protective Order entered by
2 the Court on December 17, 2021 (ECF No. 70), Plaintiffs request that the Court consider
3 whether material designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL –
4 ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” should be filed under seal. Specifically, Defendant has
5 designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES
6 ONLY” the portions of Plaintiffs’ Motion for Preliminary Approval of Class Action
7 Settlement (“Motion”):
8 Provisionally Sealed Portion(s) of Motion Evidence Offered in Support of Sealing
Page 19, line 17 (between “period, is” and Def. to provide evidence per L.R. 79-5(f)
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end of sentence”)
10 Page 26, line 21 (between “approximately” Def. to provide evidence per L.R. 79-5(f)
and “of Plaintiffs’ maximum recovery”)
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Page 26, line 26 (between “$27,500,000 is” Def. to provide evidence per L.R. 79-5(f)
12 and “% of”)
Page 26, line 26 (between “% of” and end of Def. to provide evidence per L.R. 79-5(f)
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sentence)
14 Page 26, line 28 (between “approximately” Def. to provide evidence per L.R. 79-5(f)
and end of sentence)
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16 The following portions of the Declaration of Andre M. Mura and Geoffrey Graber in
17 Support of Plaintiffs’ Motion for Preliminary Approval of Class Action Settlement (“Co-Lead
18 Counsel Decl.”) also quote from or otherwise refer to expert reports or material produced in
19 discovery by Defendant that has been designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY
20 CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” by Defendant:
21 Provisionally Sealed Portion of Co-Lead Evidence Offered in Support of Sealing
22 Counsel Decl.
23 Page 1 line 24 to Page 2 line 8 (between Def. to provide evidence per L.R. 79-5(f)
“First,” and end of sentence)
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Page 5, line 11 (between “to be” and end of Def. to provide evidence per L.R. 79-5(f)
25 sentence)
Exhibit 2, Comparator Table, second from Def. to provide evidence per L.R. 79-5(f)
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the bottom row of table, far right cell (entire
27 cell for the row “Total Potential Exposure”
and column “This Settlement”)
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PLAINTIFFS’ ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO CONSIDER WHETHER ANOTHER
PARTY’S MATERIALS SHOULD BE SEALED
Case No. 3:21-cv-01418-EMC-KAW
Case 3:21-cv-01418-EMC Document 239 Filed 08/29/24 Page 3 of 3
1 Pursuant to Local Rule 79-5(f)(3), Defendant, as the Designating Party, bears the
2 responsibility to establish that its designated materials are sealable. Plaintiffs provisionally
3 file these documents under seal to give Defendant an opportunity to specify any reasons for
4 keeping the documents under seal pursuant to Local Rule 79-5(c).
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DATED: August 29, 2024 Respectfully submitted,
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/s/ Andre M. Mura
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Andre M. Mura
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Andre M. Mura (SBN 298541)
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Ezekiel S. Wald (SBN 341490)
10 GIBBS LAW GROUP LLP
1111 Broadway, Suite 2100
11 Oakland, California 94607
12 Telephone: (510) 350-9700
Facsimile: (510) 350-9701
13 amm@classlawgroup.com
14 zsw@classlawgroup.com
15 Geoffrey A. Graber (SBN 211547)
16 Karina G. Puttieva (SBN 317702)
COHEN MILSTEIN SELLERS & TOLL
17 PLLC
1100 New York Ave. NW, Fifth Floor
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Washington, DC 20005
19 Telephone: (202) 408-4600
Facsimile: (202) 408-4699
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ggraber@cohenmilstein.com
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PLAINTIFFS’ ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO CONSIDER WHETHER ANOTHER
PARTY’S MATERIALS SHOULD BE SEALED
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