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 REGARDING
ADMINISTRATIVE MOTIONS TO
v. FILE UNDER SEAL
BRANDTOTAL LTD., et al., Re: Dkt. Nos. 119, 125, 131, 133, 137, 139, 141, 162, 171 Defendants.
12 A. Introduction The parties have filed a number of administrative motions to file under seal. In a civil action in federal court, a party must show “compelling reasons” to file a document under seal in connection with a motion “more than tangentially related to the merits,” which includes the counterclaims, motion for a preliminary injunction, and motions to dismiss at issue here. See Ctr. for Auto Safety v. Chrysler Grp., LLC, 809 F.3d 1092, 1096, 1102 (9th Cir. 2016). Requests to file under seal “must be narrowly tailored to seek sealing only of sealable material,” which often requires redactions rather than sealing of documents in their entirety. See Civ. L.R. 79-5(b). For the reasons…