Cohen

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ANDREW COHEN, et al., Plaintiffs, No. C 19–05322 WHA

v.

APPLE INC., ORDER GRANTING MOTION

TO SEAL BILL OF COSTS

Defendant.

13 14 Apple seeks to seal information in its bill of costs, specifically portions of invoices 15 pertinent to its allegedly confidential relationship with an e-discovery vendor, including rates 16 negotiated with the vendor. These redactions are warranted by an “overriding interest,” Apple 17 contends, because they could result in competitive harm. Apple explains (Handler Decl. ¶ 2):

[I]nvoices reveal confidential and sensitive information regarding 19 Apple’s pricing agreements with OpenText. This information is confidential and proprietary business information that could be 20 used to Apple’s competitive disadvantage, both in negotiating strategies with other e-discovery vendors who would gain an unfair 21 negotiating position over Apple by knowing the rates that it has paid competitor e-discovery vendors, and in its business 22 relationship with OpenText,…