Meta Platforms, Inc. v. BrandTotal Ltd.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 META PLATFORMS, INC., Case No. 20-cv-07182-JCS
Plaintiff, ORDER REGARDING
ADMINISTRATIVE MOTIONS TO
v. FILE UNDER SEAL
BRANDTOTAL LTD., et al., Re: Dkt. Nos. 245, 249, 253 Defendants.
12 Plaintiff Meta Platforms, Inc. (“Meta”) filed an administrative motion to consider whether its motion for discovery sanctions (dkt. 245), and documents submitted therewith, should be filed under seal based on designations of confidentiality by Defendants BrandTotal Ltd. and Unimania, Inc. (collectively, “BrandTotal”). The sanctions motion, which seeks (among other relief) an instruction that the finder of fact at trial may presume certain facts to be true, is “more than tangentially related to the merits” of the case and thus requires “compelling reasons” to maintain related briefing and evidence under seal. See generally Ctr. for Auto Safety v. Chrysler Grp., LLC, 809 F.3d 1092 (9th Cir. 2016). BrandTotal has also moved to file under seal…