Meta Platforms, Inc. v. BrandTotal Ltd.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 FACEBOOK, INC., Case No. 20-cv-07182-JCS
Plaintiff,
ORDER DENYING REQUEST FOR
v. REDACTIONS TO PREVIOUS ORDER
BRANDTOTAL LTD., et al., Re: Dkt. No. 152, 153, 155 Defendants.
On June 3, 202, the Court filed an order provisionally under seal and ordered the parties to show cause why it should not be filed in the public record. See dkts. 152, 153. BrandTotal filed a response seeking sealing of two passages of the order. Response (dkt. 155). Facebook did not file a response. Generally, subject to exceptions not applicable here, a party must show “compelling reasons” to maintain documents in the record of a civil action under seal. Ctr. for Auto Safety v. Chrysler Grp., LLC, 809 F.3d 1092, 1096 (9th Cir. 2016). The first passage at issue, appearing at page 4 of the Court’s order, concerns legal advice BrandTotal received from its Israeli counsel, for which the Court previously determined BrandTotal waived its…