McCulloch
McCulloch v. Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Company
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 KRISTIN E. MCCULLOCH, Case No. 19-cv-07716-SI
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING MOTIONS TO
v. SEAL
HARTFORD LIFE AND ACCIDENT Re: Dkt. Nos. 124, 125 INSURANCE COMPANY, et al., 12 Defendants. 13 14 Before the Court are the parties’ administrative motions to file documents under seal. Dkt. Nos. 124, 125, 126, 127. A party seeking to seal a judicial record must provide “compelling reasons” that outweigh the “public’s interest in disclosure.” Kamakana v. City & Cty. of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1178-79 (9th Cir. 2006). A party may move, for example, to seal confidential business and financial information that includes, among other items, financial terms of agreements, business strategies, and confidential negotiations. See Exeltis USA Inc. v. First Databank, Inc., 2020 WL 2838812 at *1-2 (N.D. Cal. June 1, 2020); In re Qualcomm Litig., 2017 WL 5176922, at *2 (S.D. Cal. Nov. 8, 2017). Based on a careful review of the documents sought to be…