Vaghashia

BACKGROUND

As a preliminary matter, the settlement agreement has been filed under seal in this court at the Govind Parties’ request. However, the “redacted – public version” of the Govind Parties’ opening brief contains extensive descriptions of its terms, including, in some places, dollar amounts. Prashant and Mita did not redact any information in their respondents’ brief; nor did the Govind Parties in their reply brief. Each revealed still more detail about the settlement agreement. These papers are all accessible to the public. We limit our recitation of the facts to those relevant to our resolution of the appeal and which are disclosed both in the portion of the record which was not sealed and the parties’ public briefs. Prashant and Govind are brothers. After years of collaborating in real estate and other business ventures, their relationship soured. Prashant and his wife Mita sued Govind, his wife Sonal, and certain other Govind Parties and affiliated entities, asserting a 50 percent interest in the business portfolio Prashant and Mita alleged they built together. Govind then sued Prashant and an entity he and Prashant co-owned based on Prashant’s alleged mismanagement.…