WhatsApp Inc. v. NSO Group Technologies Limited
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
6 WHATSAPP INC., et al., Case No. 19-cv-07123-PJH Plaintiffs, 8 v. ORDER RE OMNIBUS MOTIONS TO SEAL
NSO GROUP TECHNOLOGIES
LIMITED, et al., Re: Dkt. 549, 550
Defendants.
13 Before the court are the parties’ omnibus motions to seal. See Dkt. 549, 550. The matter is fully briefed and suitable for decision without oral argument. Having read the parties’ papers and painstakingly reviewed over 200 documents and carefully considered their arguments and the relevant legal authority, and good cause appearing, the court hereby rules as follows. DISCUSSION A. Legal Standard There is a general principle in favor of public access to federal court records. Nixon v. Warner Commc’ns, Inc., 435 U.S. 589, 602 (1978). “[T]he proponent of sealing bears the burden with respect to sealing. A failure to meet that burden means that the default posture…