In re Ripple Labs Inc. Litigation

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

VLADI ZAKINOV, et al., Case No. 18-cv-06753-PJH Plaintiffs,

v. ORDER RE MOTIONS TO SEAL

RIPPLE LABS, INC., et al., Re: Dkt. No. 181, 200, 218 Defendants.

13 This is a securities case. In connection with plaintiffs’ motion for class certification, the parties filed three motions to seal. See Dkt. 181, 200, 218. The court has already issued an order on the class certification motion, and now rules as follows on the motions to seal. DISCUSSION A. Legal standard “There is a general principle in favor of public access to federal court records.” Nixon v. Warner Commc’ns, Inc., 435 U.S. 589, 597 (1978). “The proponent of sealing bears the burden with respect to sealing. A failure to meet that burden means that the default posture of public access prevails.” Kamakana v. City & City of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1182 (9th Cir. 2006). The Ninth Circuit has recognized that two…