Plexxikon Inc. v. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 PLEXXIKON INC., Case No. 17-cv-04405-HSG

Plaintiff, ORDER REGARDING MOTIONS TO

SEAL

v.

NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS

CORPORATION,

11 Defendant. 12 The Court anticipates that, given the nature of this case, the parties will continue to file voluminous or multiple administrative motions to seal. To streamline this process, the Court directs the parties to review and comply with Civil Local Rule 79-5 as well as the Court’s additional procedures as detailed below. Any proposed order under Civil Local Rule 79-5(d)(1)(B) must include in the table for each item sought to be sealed: (1) the docket numbers of the public and provisionally sealed versions of documents sought to be filed under seal; (2) the name of the document; (3) the specific portion(s) of the document sought to be filed under seal; and (4) the filer’s reasons for seeking sealing of the material, along with citations to the relevant declarations and any supporting legal authority. …