Federal Trade Commission v. Microsoft Corporation

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Case No. 23-cv-02880-JSC

Plaintiff,

ORDER RE: ADMINISTRATIVE

v. MOTIONS TO SEAL REGARDING

EXPERT TESTIMONY OF PROF.

MICROSOFT CORPORATION, et al., ROBIN S. LEE AND DR. DENNIS W.

CARLTON

Defendants.

13 The parties’ administrative motions to seal the direct testimony of Professor Robin S. Lee, 14 the FTC’s expert, and the declaration of Dr. Dennis W. Carlton, Defendants’ expert, are pending 15 before the Court. (Dkt. Nos. 226, 294, 295.) The Court reviews requests to seal the experts’ 16 testimony—submitted for the purposes of the evidentiary hearing—under the “compelling 17 reasons” standard. See Dkt. No. 347; Ctr. for Auto Safety v. Chrysler Grp., 809 F.3d 1092, 1101 18 (9th Cir. 2016); Meyers v. Kaiser Found. Health Plan, Inc., No. 17-cv-04946-LHK, 2019 WL 19 120657, at *2 (N.D. Cal Jan. 6, 2019). 20 As set forth in Exhibit A, the Court GRANTS IN PART and DENIES IN PART the 21 requests for sealing. The Court denies the requests to seal as to matters…